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