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)
2020-10-31 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: Sat 2020-10-31 1:00:00 AM EDT
To: Tue 2020-11-10 11:00:00 PM EST
Satellite ISS
Catalog Number 25544
Int Des 1998 067A
Epoch 2020 305.14040406 2020-10-31 03:22:11 UTC
Drag2 0.00000990 Rev/Day^2
Drag3 0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3
BStar 2.5830e-05
Ep Type 0
Element Set 999
Inclination 51.6473 Deg
RAAN 35.7609 Deg
Eccentricity 0.0001782
Argument of Perigee 72.5373 Deg
Mean Anomaly 357.8421 Deg
Mean Motion 15.49354547 Rev/Day
Epoch Revolution 25309
Semimajor Axis 6797.25 km
Precession 4.9511 Deg West/Day
Period 92.94 Min
Apogee 420.33 km
Perigee 417.91 km
Time EST Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Sat 2020-11-07 5:25:00 AM 315 1 2299 418 0.7 In shadow
Sat 2020-11-07 5:26:00 AM 319 5 1908 418 0.3 In shadow
Sat 2020-11-07 5:27:00 AM 325 10 1530 419 -0.2 In shadow
Sat 2020-11-07 5:28:00 AM 334 16 1180 419 -0.7 Illuminated
Sat 2020-11-07 5:29:00 AM 352 25 895 419 -1.1 Illuminated
Sat 2020-11-07 5:30:00 AM 25 31 755 419 -1.0 Illuminated
Sat 2020-11-07 5:31:00 AM 61 27 837 420 -0.0 Illuminated
Sat 2020-11-07 5:32:00 AM 83 18 1091 420 1.4 Illuminated
Sat 2020-11-07 5:33:00 AM 94 11 1427 420 2.8 Illuminated
Sat 2020-11-07 5:34:00 AM 101 6 1800 421 3.9 Illuminated
Sat 2020-11-07 5:35:00 AM 105 2 2190 421 4.7 Illuminated
Time EST Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Mon 2020-11-09 5:26:00 AM 309 0 2343 418 0.7 In shadow
Mon 2020-11-09 5:27:00 AM 309 4 1930 419 0.3 In shadow
Mon 2020-11-09 5:28:00 AM 309 10 1519 419 -0.3 In shadow
Mon 2020-11-09 5:29:00 AM 310 18 1116 419 -0.9 In shadow
Mon 2020-11-09 5:30:00 AM 311 32 739 420 -1.8 Illuminated
Mon 2020-11-09 5:31:00 AM 318 66 458 420 -2.7 Illuminated
Mon 2020-11-09 5:32:00 AM 122 58 489 420 -1.7 Illuminated
Mon 2020-11-09 5:33:00 AM 127 29 796 421 0.1 Illuminated
Mon 2020-11-09 5:34:00 AM 128 16 1180 421 1.4 Illuminated
Mon 2020-11-09 5:35:00 AM 128 9 1584 422 2.3 Illuminated
Mon 2020-11-09 5:36:00 AM 129 3 1996 422 3.0 Illuminated
ISS Tracking and Predictions
Chris Lee
2018-02-15T20:02:02-05:00