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) 2024-04-26 3:37:02 AM Station: Stetekluh House Latitude: 38 deg 51 min 13 sec N Longitude: 77 deg 4 min 14 sec W Height: 38 meters Pass - From: Fri 2024-04-26 1:00:00 AM EDT To: Mon 2024-05-06 11:00:00 PM EDT Satellite ISS Catalog Number 25544 Int Des 1998 067A Epoch 2024 117.07962810 2024-04-26 01:54:40 UTC Drag2 0.00034364 Rev/Day^2 Drag3 0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3 BStar 5.8775e-04 Ep Type 0 Element Set 999 Inclination 51.6400 Deg RAAN 213.7758 Deg Eccentricity 0.0005117 Argument of Perigee 97.2794 Deg Mean Anomaly 320.0022 Deg Mean Motion 15.50924459 Rev/Day Epoch Revolution 45046 Semimajor Axis 6792.67 km Precession 4.9636 Deg West/Day Period 92.85 Min Apogee 418.01 km Perigee 411.06 km Time EDT Az El Range Height Satellite DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility Fri 2024-04-26 4:01:00 AM 245 2 2150 416 0.5 In shadow Fri 2024-04-26 4:02:00 AM 248 6 1746 416 0.0 In shadow Fri 2024-04-26 4:03:00 AM 252 12 1351 415 -0.5 In shadow Fri 2024-04-26 4:04:00 AM 261 21 980 415 -1.2 In shadow Fri 2024-04-26 4:05:00 AM 281 35 676 414 -1.9 In shadow Fri 2024-04-26 4:06:00 AM 333 46 564 414 -1.9 In shadow Fri 2024-04-26 4:07:00 AM 18 32 736 413 -0.5 Illuminated Fri 2024-04-26 4:08:00 AM 34 19 1062 413 1.0 Illuminated Fri 2024-04-26 4:09:00 AM 41 11 1441 412 2.2 Illuminated Fri 2024-04-26 4:10:00 AM 45 5 1838 412 3.2 Illuminated Fri 2024-04-26 4:11:00 AM 47 1 2243 412 4.0 Illuminated Time EDT Az El Range Height Satellite DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility Mon 2024-05-06 5:28:00 AM 315 1 2241 410 1.0 Illuminated Mon 2024-05-06 5:29:00 AM 319 5 1848 410 0.6 Illuminated Mon 2024-05-06 5:30:00 AM 325 10 1470 410 0.2 Illuminated Mon 2024-05-06 5:31:00 AM 336 17 1122 410 -0.2 Illuminated Mon 2024-05-06 5:32:00 AM 355 26 847 410 -0.5 Illuminated Mon 2024-05-06 5:33:00 AM 31 32 732 411 -0.0 Illuminated Mon 2024-05-06 5:34:00 AM 66 26 846 411 1.2 Illuminated Mon 2024-05-06 5:35:00 AM 86 17 1121 411 1.7 Daylight Mon 2024-05-06 5:36:00 AM 96 10 1469 412 2.1 Daylight Mon 2024-05-06 5:37:00 AM 102 5 1848 412 2.4 Daylight Mon 2024-05-06 5:38:00 AM 106 1 2241 412 2.6 Daylight
ISS PredictionsChris Lee2016-07-08T14:49:14-04:00