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)
2018-04-22 3:37:33 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: Sun 2018-04-22 1:00:00 AM EDT
To: Wed 2018-05-02 11:00:00 PM EDT
Satellite ISS
Catalog Number 25544
Int Des 1998 067A
Epoch 2018 112.02627541 2018-04-22 00:37:50 UTC
Drag2 0.00002240 Rev/Day^2
Drag3 0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3
BStar 4.1054e-05
Ep Type 0
Element Set 999
Inclination 51.6416 Deg
RAAN 298.6811 Deg
Eccentricity 0.0002495
Argument of Perigee 7.0565 Deg
Mean Anomaly 137.3455 Deg
Mean Motion 15.54139895 Rev/Day
Epoch Revolution 10978
Semimajor Axis 6783.30 km
Precession 4.9874 Deg West/Day
Period 92.66 Min
Apogee 406.85 km
Perigee 403.47 km
Time EDT Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Tue 2018-05-01 5:27:00 AM 217 1 2175 408 0.5 In shadow
Tue 2018-05-01 5:28:00 AM 215 6 1767 408 0.0 In shadow
Tue 2018-05-01 5:29:00 AM 211 11 1366 407 -0.5 Illuminated
Tue 2018-05-01 5:30:00 AM 204 20 986 407 -1.2 Illuminated
Tue 2018-05-01 5:31:00 AM 186 35 666 406 -1.8 Illuminated
Tue 2018-05-01 5:32:00 AM 132 48 533 406 -1.7 Illuminated
Tue 2018-05-01 5:33:00 AM 84 33 702 405 0.1 Illuminated
Tue 2018-05-01 5:34:00 AM 68 19 1033 405 2.0 Illuminated
Tue 2018-05-01 5:35:00 AM 62 11 1417 405 3.5 Illuminated
Tue 2018-05-01 5:36:00 AM 59 5 1820 405 4.7 Illuminated
Tue 2018-05-01 5:37:00 AM 56 1 2229 404 5.6 Illuminated
ISS Tracking and Predictions
Chris Lee
2018-02-15T20:02:02-05:00