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Submit Request Area

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Purpose: Students confirm that each target was correctly identified, determine the MET, and submit the request.

This is a busy area, and would benefit from two computers. The process takes place in four steps:

• confirm the selection -- Using the KidSat map webpage, a student checks to be sure that the location (latitude, longitude) specified in the Target Request Form is actually under the orbital track (within the footprint of camera) and in daylight. If not, they give it back to the Lat/Lon Table to be corrected. Otherwise, they get from the web page the MET (which defines the precise time that the camera will pass over the target), and pass the form along to the next stage.

• assign priority, and select a corresponding code word

• submit the request -- Using the KidSat Photo Entry web page, another student enters the full request information, including the code word, target name, lat/lon, and MET. 

• Post the request -- Once the request is submitted, it is hand-written onto the bulletin board list, and a push-pin is used to mark the location on a cap on the wall of your classroom. Your students also file the Target Request Form into a folder (one folder per orbit).

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