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) 2024-03-19 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: Tue 2024-03-19 1:00:00 AM EDT To: Fri 2024-03-29 11:00:00 PM EDT Satellite ISS Catalog Number 25544 Int Des 1998 067A Epoch 2024 79.18019507 2024-03-19 04:19:29 UTC Drag2 0.00013192 Rev/Day^2 Drag3 0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3 BStar 2.4642e-04 Ep Type 0 Element Set 999 Inclination 51.6413 Deg RAAN 41.5318 Deg Eccentricity 0.0004546 Argument of Perigee 343.7341 Deg Mean Anomaly 138.5270 Deg Mean Motion 15.49086273 Rev/Day Epoch Revolution 44458 Semimajor Axis 6798.04 km Precession 4.9497 Deg West/Day Period 92.96 Min Apogee 423.00 km Perigee 416.81 km Time EDT Az El Range Height Satellite DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility Thu 2024-03-28 9:07:00 PM 312 3 2093 419 3.3 Illuminated Thu 2024-03-28 9:08:00 PM 315 7 1687 420 2.5 Illuminated Thu 2024-03-28 9:09:00 PM 319 14 1289 420 1.5 Illuminated Thu 2024-03-28 9:10:00 PM 326 24 915 421 0.2 Illuminated Thu 2024-03-28 9:11:00 PM 346 42 610 421 -1.4 Illuminated Thu 2024-03-28 9:12:00 PM 54 53 520 422 -2.4 In shadow Thu 2024-03-28 9:13:00 PM 97 33 729 422 -1.9 In shadow Thu 2024-03-28 9:14:00 PM 109 19 1075 423 -1.1 In shadow Thu 2024-03-28 9:15:00 PM 114 11 1463 424 -0.4 In shadow Thu 2024-03-28 9:16:00 PM 117 5 1866 424 0.1 In shadow Thu 2024-03-28 9:17:00 PM 119 1 2274 425 0.6 In shadow Time EDT Az El Range Height Satellite DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility Fri 2024-03-29 8:19:00 PM 315 1 2202 419 3.2 Illuminated Fri 2024-03-29 8:20:00 PM 319 6 1810 419 2.4 Illuminated Fri 2024-03-29 8:21:00 PM 325 11 1432 419 1.5 Illuminated Fri 2024-03-29 8:22:00 PM 336 18 1087 420 0.5 Illuminated Fri 2024-03-29 8:23:00 PM 357 28 818 420 -0.7 Illuminated Fri 2024-03-29 8:24:00 PM 34 33 719 421 -1.6 Illuminated Fri 2024-03-29 8:25:00 PM 70 26 852 421 -1.5 Illuminated Fri 2024-03-29 8:26:00 PM 88 17 1138 422 -1.0 In shadow Fri 2024-03-29 8:27:00 PM 98 10 1490 423 -0.4 In shadow Fri 2024-03-29 8:28:00 PM 104 5 1871 423 0.1 In shadow Fri 2024-03-29 8:29:00 PM 107 1 2265 424 0.5 In shadow
ISS Tracking and PredictionsChris Lee2018-02-15T20:02:02-05:00