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)


2023-05-28  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: Sun 2023-05-28  1:00:00 AM EDT
       To:   Wed 2023-06-07 11:00:00 PM EDT

Satellite            ISS           
Catalog Number         25544
Int Des               1998 067A  
Epoch                  2023 148.20225412  2023-05-28 04:51:15 UTC
Drag2                       0.00011835 Rev/Day^2
Drag3                       0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3
BStar                       2.1331e-04
Ep Type                     0
Element Set               999
Inclination                51.6399 Deg
RAAN                       67.6082 Deg
Eccentricity                0.0005409
Argument of Perigee        25.0697 Deg
Mean Anomaly              335.0554 Deg
Mean Motion                15.50223452 Rev/Day
Epoch Revolution        39869

Semimajor Axis          6794.72 km
Precession              4.9583 Deg West/Day
Period                     92.89 Min
Apogee                    420.26 km
Perigee                   412.91 km

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

Sun  2023-05-28  9:24:00 PM     316      2     2103     416   4.8  Illuminated
Sun  2023-05-28  9:25:00 PM     321      7     1716     416   3.6  Illuminated
Sun  2023-05-28  9:26:00 PM     329     12     1348     417   2.3  Illuminated
Sun  2023-05-28  9:27:00 PM     341     20     1023     417   0.9  Illuminated
Sun  2023-05-28  9:28:00 PM       6     29      795     418  -0.5  Illuminated
Sun  2023-05-28  9:29:00 PM      44     31      761     418  -1.3  Illuminated
Sun  2023-05-28  9:30:00 PM      74     23      942     419  -1.1  Illuminated
Sun  2023-05-28  9:31:00 PM      90     14     1247     419  -0.6  Illuminated
Sun  2023-05-28  9:32:00 PM      98      8     1606     420  -0.1    In shadow
Sun  2023-05-28  9:33:00 PM     103      4     1989     421   0.3    In shadow

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

Mon  2023-05-29 10:12:00 PM     303      2     2114     417   3.8  Illuminated
Mon  2023-05-29 10:13:00 PM     301      7     1707     417   2.9  Illuminated
Mon  2023-05-29 10:14:00 PM     298     13     1308     418   1.9  Illuminated
Mon  2023-05-29 10:15:00 PM     290     23      933     418   0.5  Illuminated
Mon  2023-05-29 10:16:00 PM     270     40      627     419  -1.1  Illuminated
Mon  2023-05-29 10:17:00 PM     208     51      531     420  -2.3  Illuminated
Mon  2023-05-29 10:18:00 PM     164     32      734     420  -1.9    In shadow
Mon  2023-05-29 10:19:00 PM     151     18     1077     421  -1.1    In shadow
Mon  2023-05-29 10:20:00 PM     146     10     1465     422  -0.4    In shadow
Mon  2023-05-29 10:21:00 PM     143      5     1868     422   0.1    In shadow
Mon  2023-05-29 10:22:00 PM     141      1     2277     423   0.6    In shadow

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

Tue  2023-05-30  9:23:00 PM     309      1     2252     416   5.7  Illuminated
Tue  2023-05-30  9:24:00 PM     309      5     1839     416   4.5  Illuminated
Tue  2023-05-30  9:25:00 PM     310     11     1429     417   3.2  Illuminated
Tue  2023-05-30  9:26:00 PM     311     20     1029     417   1.7  Illuminated
Tue  2023-05-30  9:27:00 PM     313     37      663     418  -0.2  Illuminated
Tue  2023-05-30  9:28:00 PM     336     77      429     418  -2.3  Illuminated
Tue  2023-05-30  9:29:00 PM     122     49      542     419  -2.5  Illuminated
Tue  2023-05-30  9:30:00 PM     126     25      877     420  -1.5  Illuminated
Tue  2023-05-30  9:31:00 PM     127     14     1268     420  -0.7    In shadow
Tue  2023-05-30  9:32:00 PM     128      7     1675     421  -0.1    In shadow
Tue  2023-05-30  9:33:00 PM     128      2     2088     422   0.3    In shadow