Fixed Recent TLE files from space-track do not have all the satellites.

[R2robot]

I may have confused myself again on how satellites are loaded.

I'm trying to view satellites from this morning 11/10/25 @ 3:30AM CST. Satellites -> Load LEO Satellites for Date doesn't load any.. at all. If I go back 1 day, Load LEO, they appear and then I adjust the time back to the 10th.

https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?cu...mazonaws.com/20018/No Sats/20251110_191715.js

Is this correct?

 

[Mick West]

Is this correct?

No, there's a problem with space-track returning a truncated file for that date (today). I suspect that it's not entirely up to date, and is not returning all satellites if the request is too recent. I might have to limit it to 2 or more days old data.

 

[R2robot]

No, there's a problem with space-track returning a truncated file for that date (today). I suspect that it's not entirely up to date, and is not returning all satellites if the request is too recent. I might have to limit it to 2 or more days old data.

Ahh, ok. Thank you.

 

[Mick West]

I might have to limit it to 2 or more days old data.

I've implemented this, and you now get good data for the 10th. I'm not convinced this is the fix that is needed. We'll have to see if the next few days of data are good.

 

[R2robot]

Yep, i see satellites now. Thanks!

 

[flarkey]

Sitrec appeares to be borked. I'm seeeing some weird and random stuff, sometimes there are static starlink trains...

.. and then I get a fleet of UFOs ....

This is on Win11, Edge browser.

 

[Mick West]

Sitrec appeares to be borked. I'm seeeing some weird and random stuff, sometimes there are static starlink trains...

I'm on it.

Is it just the black boxes? Or something more?

 

[flarkey]

It was the black boxes and random satellite plotting.


I've just compared the starlink plot with https://satellitemap.space/ and sitrec pretty much matches.

 

[Mick West]

It was the black boxes and random satellite plotting.

It seems to be caused by rapidly loading a TLE twice in a row, which was creating zombie things, as it would be trying to make the same WebGL things twice.

So, for now, don't do that. I'll get a fix ASAP.

 

[flarkey]

hmm, I don't think I loaded TLE twice in a row, unless the stitch was 'auto-loading TLEs' and I was clicking 'Load TLE for date'.

 

[Mick West]

It was the black boxes and random satellite plotting.

Fixed! At least the black boxes should be fixed. It was not cleanly removing the satellite labels - leaving both black boxes, and old labels.
Let me know if "random satellite plotting" still occurs

 

[Mick West]

I've just compared the starlink plot with https://satellitemap.space/ and sitrec pretty much matches.

It's hard to compare, as they use different virtual camera. But zooming out, we can see there's a good match.

 

[flarkey]

Fixed! At least the black boxes should be fixed. It was not cleanly removing the satellite labels - leaving both black boxes, and old labels.
Let me know if "random satellite plotting" still occurs

There is continued occasional weirdness - see the random starlink trail. I saved this with permalink, but when I reopen the stitch it doesnt appear again: https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?cu...zonaws.com/15857/weirdness/20251111_165418.js

 

[Mick West]

There is continued occasional weirdness - see the random starlink trail. I saved this with permalink, but when I reopen the stitch it doesnt appear again: https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?cu...zonaws.com/15857/weirdness/20251111_165418.js

Your TLE there is from 2022, but the date is 2025.
Might be unrelated, but it can't help.

 

[Mick West]

There is continued occasional weirdness - see the random starlink trail.

Fixed! Those were the ghosts of satellites from 2022. When you skipped to 2025 the projection wasn't valid so they got removed, but it wasn't removing the text and arrows. Now it is.