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) 2012-02-03 4:00:08 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 2012-02-03 1:00:00 AM EST To: Mon 2012-02-13 11:00:00 PM EST Satellite ISS Catalog Number 25544 Int Des 1998 067A Epoch 2012 34.10898787 2012-02-03 02:36:57 UTC Drag2 0.00013253 Rev/Day^2 Drag3 0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3 BStar 1.7399e-04 Ep Type 0 Element Set 938 Inclination 51.6410 Deg RAAN 79.6205 Deg Eccentricity 0.0020314 Argument of Perigee 0.1430 Deg Mean Anomaly 42.6630 Deg Mean Motion 15.58655474 Rev/Day Epoch Revolution 75695 Semimajor Axis 6770.19 km Precession 5.0214 Deg West/Day Period 92.39 Min Apogee 405.81 km Perigee 378.30 km Time EST Az El Range Height Satellite DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility Fri 2012-02-03 5:35:00 AM 311 2 2053 396 0.4 In shadow Fri 2012-02-03 5:36:00 AM 312 7 1641 397 -0.1 In shadow Fri 2012-02-03 5:37:00 AM 314 14 1235 399 -0.7 In shadow Fri 2012-02-03 5:38:00 AM 318 25 847 400 -1.5 In shadow Fri 2012-02-03 5:39:00 AM 333 49 524 401 -2.4 In shadow Fri 2012-02-03 5:40:00 AM 78 64 445 402 -2.1 Illuminated Fri 2012-02-03 5:41:00 AM 113 33 698 403 -0.3 Illuminated Fri 2012-02-03 5:42:00 AM 119 18 1069 404 1.1 Illuminated Fri 2012-02-03 5:43:00 AM 122 10 1469 405 2.1 Illuminated Fri 2012-02-03 5:44:00 AM 124 4 1880 406 2.8 Illuminated Fri 2012-02-03 5:45:00 AM 125 0 2294 407 3.3 Illuminated Time EST Az El Range Height Satellite DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility Sun 2012-02-05 5:18:00 AM 304 1 2164 396 0.5 In shadow Sun 2012-02-05 5:19:00 AM 302 6 1753 397 0.1 In shadow Sun 2012-02-05 5:20:00 AM 299 12 1349 398 -0.5 In shadow Sun 2012-02-05 5:21:00 AM 293 21 963 399 -1.3 In shadow Sun 2012-02-05 5:22:00 AM 277 37 633 400 -2.2 In shadow Sun 2012-02-05 5:23:00 AM 216 53 492 402 -2.5 In shadow Sun 2012-02-05 5:24:00 AM 164 34 672 403 -1.3 Illuminated Sun 2012-02-05 5:25:00 AM 150 19 1014 404 0.0 Illuminated Sun 2012-02-05 5:26:00 AM 145 11 1404 405 1.0 Illuminated Sun 2012-02-05 5:27:00 AM 142 5 1809 406 1.8 Illuminated Sun 2012-02-05 5:28:00 AM 140 1 2221 407 2.4 Illuminated Time EST Az El Range Height Satellite DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility Mon 2012-02-13 7:10:00 PM 243 3 1907 381 3.0 Illuminated Mon 2012-02-13 7:11:00 PM 246 8 1498 381 2.3 Illuminated Mon 2012-02-13 7:12:00 PM 251 16 1101 380 1.5 Illuminated Mon 2012-02-13 7:13:00 PM 262 28 740 380 0.1 Illuminated Mon 2012-02-13 7:14:00 PM 301 48 500 380 -1.6 Illuminated Mon 2012-02-13 7:15:00 PM 10 40 568 380 -2.1 Illuminated Mon 2012-02-13 7:16:00 PM 33 22 873 380 -1.3 In shadow Mon 2012-02-13 7:17:00 PM 41 13 1253 380 -0.6 In shadow Mon 2012-02-13 7:18:00 PM 45 6 1655 380 0.0 In shadow Mon 2012-02-13 7:19:00 PM 47 2 2065 380 0.5 In shadow