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)
2019-01-23 3:37:09 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: Wed 2019-01-23 1:00:00 AM EST
To: Sat 2019-02-02 11:00:00 PM EST
Satellite ISS
Catalog Number 25544
Int Des 1998 067A
Epoch 2019 23.26903142 2019-01-23 06:27:24 UTC
Drag2 0.00000178 Rev/Day^2
Drag3 0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3
BStar 1.0220e-05
Ep Type 0
Element Set 999
Inclination 51.6427 Deg
RAAN 1.9875 Deg
Eccentricity 0.0004758
Argument of Perigee 301.9446 Deg
Mean Anomaly 19.2970 Deg
Mean Motion 15.53166446 Rev/Day
Epoch Revolution 15273
Semimajor Axis 6786.13 km
Precession 4.9800 Deg West/Day
Period 92.71 Min
Apogee 411.22 km
Perigee 404.77 km
Time EST Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Wed 2019-01-23 6:46:00 PM 242 1 2240 412 3.9 Illuminated
Wed 2019-01-23 6:47:00 PM 244 5 1832 412 3.3 Illuminated
Wed 2019-01-23 6:48:00 PM 247 11 1430 412 2.5 Illuminated
Wed 2019-01-23 6:49:00 PM 253 19 1044 411 1.4 Illuminated
Wed 2019-01-23 6:50:00 PM 268 33 706 411 -0.2 Illuminated
Wed 2019-01-23 6:51:00 PM 315 51 520 411 -1.8 Illuminated
Wed 2019-01-23 6:52:00 PM 15 38 637 411 -1.9 Illuminated
Wed 2019-01-23 6:53:00 PM 34 22 952 411 -1.2 In shadow
Wed 2019-01-23 6:54:00 PM 41 13 1330 411 -0.5 In shadow
Wed 2019-01-23 6:55:00 PM 45 6 1728 411 0.0 In shadow
Wed 2019-01-23 6:56:00 PM 47 2 2135 411 0.5 In shadow
Time EST Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Thu 2019-01-24 5:55:00 PM 228 2 2082 412 3.7 Illuminated
Thu 2019-01-24 5:56:00 PM 228 7 1669 412 3.0 Illuminated
Thu 2019-01-24 5:57:00 PM 227 14 1260 412 2.0 Illuminated
Thu 2019-01-24 5:58:00 PM 226 25 868 411 0.7 Illuminated
Thu 2019-01-24 5:59:00 PM 220 49 533 411 -1.2 Illuminated
Thu 2019-01-24 6:00:00 PM 82 75 425 411 -2.7 Illuminated
Thu 2019-01-24 6:01:00 PM 57 36 666 411 -2.1 Illuminated
Thu 2019-01-24 6:02:00 PM 54 19 1036 411 -1.1 Illuminated
Thu 2019-01-24 6:03:00 PM 53 11 1437 411 -0.4 Illuminated
Thu 2019-01-24 6:04:00 PM 53 5 1848 411 0.1 In shadow
Thu 2019-01-24 6:05:00 PM 52 1 2262 410 0.6 In shadow
Time EST Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Sat 2019-01-26 5:49:00 PM 249 2 2084 411 6.2 Daylight
Sat 2019-01-26 5:50:00 PM 253 7 1686 411 4.7 Daylight
Sat 2019-01-26 5:51:00 PM 259 13 1301 411 3.1 Daylight
Sat 2019-01-26 5:52:00 PM 270 22 951 411 1.3 Illuminated
Sat 2019-01-26 5:53:00 PM 295 34 689 410 -0.5 Illuminated
Sat 2019-01-26 5:54:00 PM 343 38 640 410 -1.6 Illuminated
Sat 2019-01-26 5:55:00 PM 18 26 841 410 -1.4 Illuminated
Sat 2019-01-26 5:56:00 PM 32 16 1169 410 -0.8 Illuminated
Sat 2019-01-26 5:57:00 PM 40 9 1544 410 -0.2 Illuminated
Sat 2019-01-26 5:58:00 PM 44 4 1938 410 0.2 In shadow
ISS Tracking and Predictions
Chris Lee
2018-02-15T20:02:02-05:00