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)
2019-09-21 3:37:00 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: Sat 2019-09-21 1:00:00 AM EDT
To: Tue 2019-10-01 11:00:00 PM EDT
Satellite ISS
Catalog Number 25544
Int Des 1998 067A
Epoch 2019 264.01075828 2019-09-21 00:15:30 UTC
Drag2 0.00000532 Rev/Day^2
Drag3 0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3
BStar 1.7317e-05
Ep Type 0
Element Set 999
Inclination 51.6439 Deg
RAAN 246.0233 Deg
Eccentricity 0.0007426
Argument of Perigee 69.0670 Deg
Mean Anomaly 34.7722 Deg
Mean Motion 15.50097739 Rev/Day
Epoch Revolution 19012
Semimajor Axis 6795.08 km
Precession 4.9570 Deg West/Day
Period 92.90 Min
Apogee 421.99 km
Perigee 411.90 km
Time EDT Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Sun 2019-09-22 7:57:00 PM 249 2 2142 416 3.2 Illuminated
Sun 2019-09-22 7:58:00 PM 253 6 1743 416 2.8 Illuminated
Sun 2019-09-22 7:59:00 PM 258 12 1357 415 2.3 Illuminated
Sun 2019-09-22 8:00:00 PM 268 20 1000 415 1.4 Illuminated
Sun 2019-09-22 8:01:00 PM 291 32 722 414 0.1 Illuminated
Sun 2019-09-22 8:02:00 PM 336 39 637 414 -1.1 Illuminated
Sun 2019-09-22 8:03:00 PM 14 28 808 413 -1.1 Illuminated
Sun 2019-09-22 8:04:00 PM 31 17 1123 413 -0.6 Illuminated
Sun 2019-09-22 8:05:00 PM 39 10 1493 413 -0.1 Illuminated
Sun 2019-09-22 8:06:00 PM 43 5 1884 412 0.4 In shadow
Sun 2019-09-22 8:07:00 PM 46 1 2285 412 0.8 In shadow
ISS Tracking and Predictions
Chris Lee
2018-02-15T20:02:02-05:00