Subject: ISS Predictions

Following is a recent report of the International Space Station that I
made. ISS can easily be seen without aid if the weather permits. Sites
on the internet for getting orbital elements include
http://www.space-track.org (very current data from the Department of
Defense), http://celestrak.com (maintained by Col TS Kelso) and
http://www.prismnet.com/~mmccants (maintained by Mike McCants). The last
site contains satellite elements of classified objects.
- Jeff Stetekluh   (jeff.stetekluh@acm.org)


2010-03-12  4:00:06 AM

Station:    Stetekluh House
Latitude:   38 deg 51 min 10 sec N
Longitude:  77 deg  3 min 35 sec W
Height:     18 meters

Pass - From: Fri 2010-03-12  1:00:00 AM EST
       To:   Mon 2010-03-22 11:00:00 PM EDT

Satellite            ISS           
Catalog Number         25544
Int Des               1998 067A  
Epoch                  2010  69.46750124  2010-03-10 11:13:12 UTC
Drag2                       0.00013041 Rev/Day^2
Drag3                       0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3
BStar                       9.4584e-05
Ep Type                     0
Element Set               743
Inclination                51.6479 Deg
RAAN                       17.4211 Deg
Eccentricity                0.0007742
Argument of Perigee        34.9606 Deg
Mean Anomaly               69.4030 Deg
Mean Motion                15.73783441 Rev/Day
Epoch Revolution        64792

Semimajor Axis          6726.74 km
Precession              5.1350 Deg West/Day
Period                     91.50 Min
Apogee                    353.81 km
Perigee                   343.40 km

         Time   EDT              Az     El    Range  Height          Satellite
DOW  YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS        Deg    Deg       km      km   Mag   Visibility

Thu  2010-03-18  8:58:00 PM     308      3     1867     345   3.0  Illuminated
Thu  2010-03-18  8:59:00 PM     307      8     1447     346   2.2  Illuminated
Thu  2010-03-18  9:00:00 PM     306     15     1035     346   1.1  Illuminated
Thu  2010-03-18  9:01:00 PM     304     30      645     347  -0.5  Illuminated
Thu  2010-03-18  9:02:00 PM     285     71      367     347  -2.7    In shadow
Thu  2010-03-18  9:03:00 PM     139     45      478     348  -2.8    In shadow
Thu  2010-03-18  9:04:00 PM     134     21      834     349  -1.6    In shadow
Thu  2010-03-18  9:05:00 PM     133     11     1239     350  -0.7    In shadow
Thu  2010-03-18  9:06:00 PM     132      5     1656     350  -0.1    In shadow
Thu  2010-03-18  9:07:00 PM     132      1     2077     351   0.4    In shadow

         Time   EDT              Az     El    Range  Height          Satellite
DOW  YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS        Deg    Deg       km      km   Mag   Visibility

Sat  2010-03-20  8:12:00 PM     307      2     1946     344   3.1  Illuminated
Sat  2010-03-20  8:13:00 PM     306      7     1526     345   2.4  Illuminated
Sat  2010-03-20  8:14:00 PM     305     14     1112     345   1.5  Illuminated
Sat  2010-03-20  8:15:00 PM     302     26      716     346   0.2  Illuminated
Sat  2010-03-20  8:16:00 PM     286     58      403     347  -2.0  Illuminated
Sat  2010-03-20  8:17:00 PM     149     52      432     347  -2.8  Illuminated
Sat  2010-03-20  8:18:00 PM     137     24      765     348  -1.7  Illuminated
Sat  2010-03-20  8:19:00 PM     135     12     1165     349  -0.8    In shadow
Sat  2010-03-20  8:20:00 PM     134      6     1580     350  -0.2    In shadow
Sat  2010-03-20  8:21:00 PM     133      1     2001     350   0.3    In shadow