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)
2018-11-14 3:37:10 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 2018-11-14 1:00:00 AM EST
To: Sat 2018-11-24 11:00:00 PM EST
Satellite ISS
Catalog Number 25544
Int Des 1998 067A
Epoch 2018 318.25659506 2018-11-14 06:09:30 UTC
Drag2 0.00002553 Rev/Day^2
Drag3 0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3
BStar 4.6074e-05
Ep Type 0
Element Set 999
Inclination 51.6425 Deg
RAAN 350.8772 Deg
Eccentricity 0.0005205
Argument of Perigee 46.5272 Deg
Mean Anomaly 45.4271 Deg
Mean Motion 15.53966703 Rev/Day
Epoch Revolution 14185
Semimajor Axis 6783.80 km
Precession 4.9860 Deg West/Day
Period 92.67 Min
Apogee 409.20 km
Perigee 402.14 km
Time EST Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Wed 2018-11-14 5:53:00 AM 299 1 2204 405 0.5 In shadow
Wed 2018-11-14 5:54:00 AM 296 5 1808 406 0.0 In shadow
Wed 2018-11-14 5:55:00 AM 289 11 1428 406 -0.5 In shadow
Wed 2018-11-14 5:56:00 AM 279 18 1081 407 -1.1 Illuminated
Wed 2018-11-14 5:57:00 AM 257 27 816 408 -1.6 Illuminated
Wed 2018-11-14 5:58:00 AM 220 31 729 408 -1.6 Illuminated
Wed 2018-11-14 5:59:00 AM 187 24 874 409 -0.7 Illuminated
Wed 2018-11-14 6:00:00 AM 169 16 1168 410 0.3 Illuminated
Wed 2018-11-14 6:01:00 AM 160 9 1526 410 1.3 Illuminated
Wed 2018-11-14 6:02:00 AM 154 4 1912 411 2.0 Illuminated
Wed 2018-11-14 6:03:00 AM 151 0 2309 412 2.6 Illuminated
Time EST Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Thu 2018-11-15 5:01:00 AM 306 2 2130 405 0.5 In shadow
Thu 2018-11-15 5:02:00 AM 305 6 1717 405 -0.0 In shadow
Thu 2018-11-15 5:03:00 AM 303 13 1310 406 -0.6 In shadow
Thu 2018-11-15 5:04:00 AM 299 23 919 406 -1.4 In shadow
Thu 2018-11-15 5:05:00 AM 286 43 581 407 -2.4 In shadow
Thu 2018-11-15 5:06:00 AM 204 65 445 407 -2.6 In shadow
Thu 2018-11-15 5:07:00 AM 151 36 653 408 -1.1 Illuminated
Thu 2018-11-15 5:08:00 AM 142 20 1011 409 0.3 Illuminated
Thu 2018-11-15 5:09:00 AM 139 11 1408 409 1.3 Illuminated
Thu 2018-11-15 5:10:00 AM 137 5 1817 410 2.1 Illuminated
Thu 2018-11-15 5:11:00 AM 136 1 2231 411 2.7 Illuminated
Time EST Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Sat 2018-11-24 6:40:00 PM 243 0 2251 407 3.6 Illuminated
Sat 2018-11-24 6:41:00 PM 245 5 1842 406 3.0 Illuminated
Sat 2018-11-24 6:42:00 PM 248 10 1440 406 2.2 Illuminated
Sat 2018-11-24 6:43:00 PM 254 18 1055 405 1.2 Illuminated
Sat 2018-11-24 6:44:00 PM 269 32 716 405 -0.3 Illuminated
Sat 2018-11-24 6:45:00 PM 315 49 527 404 -1.8 In shadow
Sat 2018-11-24 6:46:00 PM 13 37 638 404 -1.9 In shadow
Sat 2018-11-24 6:47:00 PM 33 21 950 403 -1.2 In shadow
Sat 2018-11-24 6:48:00 PM 41 12 1326 403 -0.5 In shadow
Sat 2018-11-24 6:49:00 PM 45 6 1725 403 0.1 In shadow
Sat 2018-11-24 6:50:00 PM 47 2 2132 403 0.5 In shadow
ISS Tracking and Predictions
Chris Lee
2018-02-15T20:02:02-05:00