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)
2020-08-04 3:37:01 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: Tue 2020-08-04 1:00:00 AM EDT
To: Fri 2020-08-14 11:00:00 PM EDT
Satellite ISS
Catalog Number 25544
Int Des 1998 067A
Epoch 2020 217.16544704 2020-08-04 03:58:15 UTC
Drag2 0.00001580 Rev/Day^2
Drag3 0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3
BStar 3.6640e-05
Ep Type 0
Element Set 999
Inclination 51.6457 Deg
RAAN 111.0074 Deg
Eccentricity 0.0000833
Argument of Perigee 7.1870 Deg
Mean Anomaly 156.3229 Deg
Mean Motion 15.49140647 Rev/Day
Epoch Revolution 23945
Semimajor Axis 6797.88 km
Precession 4.9496 Deg West/Day
Period 92.95 Min
Apogee 420.31 km
Perigee 419.18 km
Time EDT Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Wed 2020-08-05 8:39:00 PM 303 3 2091 421 5.6 Daylight
Wed 2020-08-05 8:40:00 PM 300 7 1686 421 4.6 Daylight
Wed 2020-08-05 8:41:00 PM 296 14 1292 421 3.2 Daylight
Wed 2020-08-05 8:42:00 PM 287 24 925 422 1.5 Daylight
Wed 2020-08-05 8:43:00 PM 263 39 639 422 -0.5 Daylight
Wed 2020-08-05 8:44:00 PM 205 46 571 423 -1.8 Illuminated
Wed 2020-08-05 8:45:00 PM 167 30 781 423 -1.6 Illuminated
Wed 2020-08-05 8:46:00 PM 154 17 1123 424 -0.9 Illuminated
Wed 2020-08-05 8:47:00 PM 148 10 1508 424 -0.3 Illuminated
Wed 2020-08-05 8:48:00 PM 145 4 1909 424 0.2 In shadow
Wed 2020-08-05 8:49:00 PM 143 0 2317 425 0.6 In shadow
ISS Tracking and Predictions
Chris Lee
2018-02-15T20:02:02-05:00