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)


2023-03-25  3:37:02 AM

Station:    Stetekluh House
Latitude:   38 deg 51 min 13 sec N
Longitude:  77 deg  4 min 14 sec W
Height:     38 meters

Pass - From: Sat 2023-03-25  1:00:00 AM EDT
       To:   Tue 2023-04-04 11:00:00 PM EDT

Satellite            ISS           
Catalog Number         25544
Int Des               1998 067A  
Epoch                  2023  84.20248098  2023-03-25 04:51:34 UTC
Drag2                       0.00020046 Rev/Day^2
Drag3                       0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3
BStar                       3.6450e-04
Ep Type                     0
Element Set               999
Inclination                51.6422 Deg
RAAN                       24.6365 Deg
Eccentricity                0.0005913
Argument of Perigee       125.8938 Deg
Mean Anomaly               16.6510 Deg
Mean Motion                15.49500614 Rev/Day
Epoch Revolution        38876

Semimajor Axis          6796.83 km
Precession              4.9527 Deg West/Day
Period                     92.93 Min
Apogee                    422.71 km
Perigee                   414.67 km

         Time   EDT              Az     El    Range  Height          Satellite
DOW  YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS        Deg    Deg       km      km   Mag   Visibility

Fri  2023-03-31  8:45:00 PM     313      1     2194     416   3.5  Illuminated
Fri  2023-03-31  8:46:00 PM     315      6     1789     416   2.7  Illuminated
Fri  2023-03-31  8:47:00 PM     319     12     1391     416   1.8  Illuminated
Fri  2023-03-31  8:48:00 PM     327     20     1015     416   0.6  Illuminated
Fri  2023-03-31  8:49:00 PM     344     34      695     416  -0.9  Illuminated
Fri  2023-03-31  8:50:00 PM      34     48      548     416  -2.1  Illuminated
Fri  2023-03-31  8:51:00 PM      85     34      693     416  -2.0    In shadow
Fri  2023-03-31  8:52:00 PM     102     20     1012     417  -1.2    In shadow
Fri  2023-03-31  8:53:00 PM     110     12     1389     417  -0.5    In shadow
Fri  2023-03-31  8:54:00 PM     114      6     1787     417   0.0    In shadow
Fri  2023-03-31  8:55:00 PM     116      1     2193     418   0.5    In shadow

         Time   EDT              Az     El    Range  Height          Satellite
DOW  YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS        Deg    Deg       km      km   Mag   Visibility

Sun  2023-04-02  8:45:00 PM     305      0     2321     416   4.2  Illuminated
Sun  2023-04-02  8:46:00 PM     303      4     1910     416   3.6  Illuminated
Sun  2023-04-02  8:47:00 PM     301     10     1504     416   2.8  Illuminated
Sun  2023-04-02  8:48:00 PM     296     18     1111     416   1.7  Illuminated
Sun  2023-04-02  8:49:00 PM     285     31      755     416   0.2  Illuminated
Sun  2023-04-02  8:50:00 PM     247     52      521     416  -1.6  Illuminated
Sun  2023-04-02  8:51:00 PM     176     44      584     417  -2.1  Illuminated
Sun  2023-04-02  8:52:00 PM     154     25      881     417  -1.4    In shadow
Sun  2023-04-02  8:53:00 PM     147     14     1256     417  -0.7    In shadow
Sun  2023-04-02  8:54:00 PM     143      7     1655     418  -0.1    In shadow
Sun  2023-04-02  8:55:00 PM     141      3     2064     418   0.4    In shadow

         Time   EDT              Az     El    Range  Height          Satellite
DOW  YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS        Deg    Deg       km      km   Mag   Visibility

Mon  2023-04-03  7:57:00 PM     309      1     2203     416   3.5     Daylight
Mon  2023-04-03  7:58:00 PM     310      6     1790     416   2.9     Daylight
Mon  2023-04-03  7:59:00 PM     311     12     1380     416   2.1     Daylight
Mon  2023-04-03  8:00:00 PM     312     21      983     416   1.0     Daylight
Mon  2023-04-03  8:01:00 PM     317     40      625     416  -0.6  Illuminated
Mon  2023-04-03  8:02:00 PM      12     79      423     416  -2.5  Illuminated
Mon  2023-04-03  8:03:00 PM     119     44      577     417  -2.3  Illuminated
Mon  2023-04-03  8:04:00 PM     124     23      924     417  -1.4  Illuminated
Mon  2023-04-03  8:05:00 PM     126     13     1317     417  -0.6  Illuminated
Mon  2023-04-03  8:06:00 PM     127      6     1726     417  -0.0    In shadow
Mon  2023-04-03  8:07:00 PM     127      2     2139     418   0.4    In shadow