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
ISS Tracking and PredictionsChris Lee2018-02-15T20:02:02-05:00