(Satnogs) Satellite ID

[pierros]

Some previous context and discussion that led to our developments:

Unique Satellite identifier definition in SatNOGS

(this post is based on latest discussions on this topic in IRC) New Satellites in SatNOGS SatNOGS has an identification of a new satellite of interest consisting of the satellite name and a set of transmitters (in edge cases only of the transmitter and not the satellite name) usually before the launch as provided by the satellite owners (or other sources) or shortly after the launch by scan observations. NORAD IDs and COSPAR designators JSpOC tracks new satellites and assigns a sequential 5 di…