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)
2020-06-03 3:37:00 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 2020-06-03 1:00:00 AM EDT
To: Sat 2020-06-13 11:00:00 PM EDT
Satellite ISS
Catalog Number 25544
Int Des 1998 067A
Epoch 2020 155.18086194 2020-06-03 04:20:26 UTC
Drag2 0.00001497 Rev/Day^2
Drag3 0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3
BStar 3.4843e-05
Ep Type 0
Element Set 999
Inclination 51.6449 Deg
RAAN 57.7931 Deg
Eccentricity 0.0001876
Argument of Perigee 24.1740 Deg
Mean Anomaly 130.1619 Deg
Mean Motion 15.49416573 Rev/Day
Epoch Revolution 22984
Semimajor Axis 6797.07 km
Precession 4.9518 Deg West/Day
Period 92.94 Min
Apogee 420.21 km
Perigee 417.66 km
Time EDT Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Wed 2020-06-03 9:51:00 PM 297 4 1973 420 3.6 Illuminated
Wed 2020-06-03 9:52:00 PM 292 9 1588 421 2.6 Illuminated
Wed 2020-06-03 9:53:00 PM 283 15 1230 421 1.4 Illuminated
Wed 2020-06-03 9:54:00 PM 267 23 929 421 0.1 Illuminated
Wed 2020-06-03 9:55:00 PM 236 31 762 422 -1.0 Illuminated
Wed 2020-06-03 9:56:00 PM 199 28 816 422 -1.4 Illuminated
Wed 2020-06-03 9:57:00 PM 176 19 1056 423 -1.0 In shadow
Wed 2020-06-03 9:58:00 PM 164 12 1389 423 -0.5 In shadow
Wed 2020-06-03 9:59:00 PM 157 6 1762 424 0.0 In shadow
Wed 2020-06-03 10:00:00 PM 153 2 2153 425 0.4 In shadow
Time EDT Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Thu 2020-06-04 9:03:00 PM 304 4 1990 420 5.6 Illuminated
Thu 2020-06-04 9:04:00 PM 302 9 1583 420 4.1 Illuminated
Thu 2020-06-04 9:05:00 PM 299 16 1185 420 2.6 Illuminated
Thu 2020-06-04 9:06:00 PM 291 28 816 421 0.8 Illuminated
Thu 2020-06-04 9:07:00 PM 263 50 540 421 -1.3 Illuminated
Thu 2020-06-04 9:08:00 PM 183 51 533 422 -2.3 Illuminated
Thu 2020-06-04 9:09:00 PM 154 29 801 422 -1.6 Illuminated
Thu 2020-06-04 9:10:00 PM 146 16 1168 423 -0.9 Illuminated
Thu 2020-06-04 9:11:00 PM 142 9 1565 423 -0.3 Illuminated
Thu 2020-06-04 9:12:00 PM 140 4 1973 424 0.2 In shadow
ISS Tracking and Predictions
Chris Lee
2018-02-15T20:02:02-05:00