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