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) 2021-01-20 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 2021-01-20 1:00:00 AM EST To: Sat 2021-01-30 11:00:00 PM EST Satellite ISS Catalog Number 25544 Int Des 1998 067A Epoch 2021 20.23529309 2021-01-20 05:38:49 UTC Drag2 0.00000706 Rev/Day^2 Drag3 0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3 BStar 2.0745e-05 Ep Type 0 Element Set 999 Inclination 51.6454 Deg RAAN 354.5066 Deg Eccentricity 0.0000274 Argument of Perigee 311.5070 Deg Mean Anomaly 176.5516 Deg Mean Motion 15.49303672 Rev/Day Epoch Revolution 26566 Semimajor Axis 6797.40 km Precession 4.9509 Deg West/Day Period 92.94 Min Apogee 419.45 km Perigee 419.08 km Time EST Az El Range Height Satellite DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility Wed 2021-01-20 6:51:00 PM 254 1 2281 423 4.4 Illuminated Wed 2021-01-20 6:52:00 PM 258 5 1889 422 3.6 Illuminated Wed 2021-01-20 6:53:00 PM 263 10 1510 422 2.7 Illuminated Wed 2021-01-20 6:54:00 PM 273 17 1160 421 1.5 Illuminated Wed 2021-01-20 6:55:00 PM 292 25 878 421 0.2 Illuminated Wed 2021-01-20 6:56:00 PM 325 32 745 421 -1.0 Illuminated Wed 2021-01-20 6:57:00 PM 2 27 837 421 -1.2 In shadow Wed 2021-01-20 6:58:00 PM 23 18 1098 420 -0.8 In shadow Wed 2021-01-20 6:59:00 PM 34 11 1438 420 -0.3 In shadow Wed 2021-01-20 7:00:00 PM 40 6 1812 420 0.2 In shadow Wed 2021-01-20 7:01:00 PM 44 2 2202 420 0.6 In shadow Time EST Az El Range Height Satellite DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility Thu 2021-01-21 6:03:00 PM 242 0 2309 423 5.2 Illuminated Thu 2021-01-21 6:04:00 PM 244 5 1901 423 4.5 Illuminated Thu 2021-01-21 6:05:00 PM 247 10 1499 422 3.5 Illuminated Thu 2021-01-21 6:06:00 PM 253 18 1112 422 2.1 Illuminated Thu 2021-01-21 6:07:00 PM 265 31 766 422 0.4 Illuminated Thu 2021-01-21 6:08:00 PM 304 49 547 421 -1.5 Illuminated Thu 2021-01-21 6:09:00 PM 8 42 612 421 -2.0 Illuminated Thu 2021-01-21 6:10:00 PM 31 24 901 421 -1.3 Illuminated Thu 2021-01-21 6:11:00 PM 40 14 1269 420 -0.6 Illuminated Thu 2021-01-21 6:12:00 PM 44 8 1663 420 -0.1 In shadow Thu 2021-01-21 6:13:00 PM 47 3 2068 420 0.4 In shadow
ISS Tracking and Predictions
Chris Lee
2018-02-15T20:02:02-05:00