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)
2020-01-18 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: Sat 2020-01-18 1:00:00 AM EST
To: Tue 2020-01-28 11:00:00 PM EST
Satellite ISS
Catalog Number 25544
Int Des 1998 067A
Epoch 2020 17.89354213 2020-01-17 21:26:42 UTC
Drag2 0.00001021 Rev/Day^2
Drag3 0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3
BStar 2.6247e-05
Ep Type 0
Element Set 999
Inclination 51.6456 Deg
RAAN 17.0608 Deg
Eccentricity 0.0005048
Argument of Perigee 142.0845 Deg
Mean Anomaly 294.3151 Deg
Mean Motion 15.49571854 Rev/Day
Epoch Revolution 20856
Semimajor Axis 6796.62 km
Precession 4.9529 Deg West/Day
Period 92.93 Min
Apogee 421.92 km
Perigee 415.05 km
Time EST Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Mon 2020-01-20 6:33:00 PM 222 3 2054 425 2.7 Illuminated
Mon 2020-01-20 6:34:00 PM 220 8 1644 424 2.0 Illuminated
Mon 2020-01-20 6:35:00 PM 217 15 1243 423 1.1 Illuminated
Mon 2020-01-20 6:36:00 PM 211 26 864 423 -0.1 Illuminated
Mon 2020-01-20 6:37:00 PM 192 47 558 422 -1.7 Illuminated
Mon 2020-01-20 6:38:00 PM 107 58 493 421 -2.6 Illuminated
Mon 2020-01-20 6:39:00 PM 70 32 735 421 -1.9 In shadow
Mon 2020-01-20 6:40:00 PM 61 18 1097 420 -1.0 In shadow
Mon 2020-01-20 6:41:00 PM 57 10 1492 420 -0.4 In shadow
Mon 2020-01-20 6:42:00 PM 56 5 1900 419 0.2 In shadow
Mon 2020-01-20 6:43:00 PM 54 0 2312 419 0.6 In shadow
Time EST Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Tue 2020-01-21 5:45:00 PM 208 2 2164 425 2.7 Daylight
Tue 2020-01-21 5:46:00 PM 204 6 1770 425 2.0 Illuminated
Tue 2020-01-21 5:47:00 PM 198 12 1393 424 1.2 Illuminated
Tue 2020-01-21 5:48:00 PM 187 19 1052 423 0.2 Illuminated
Tue 2020-01-21 5:49:00 PM 164 29 798 423 -1.0 Illuminated
Tue 2020-01-21 5:50:00 PM 126 33 730 422 -1.6 Illuminated
Tue 2020-01-21 5:51:00 PM 93 25 892 422 -1.4 Illuminated
Tue 2020-01-21 5:52:00 PM 76 16 1193 421 -0.9 Illuminated
Tue 2020-01-21 5:53:00 PM 68 9 1554 420 -0.3 In shadow
Tue 2020-01-21 5:54:00 PM 63 4 1941 420 0.2 In shadow
Tue 2020-01-21 5:55:00 PM 60 0 2339 419 0.6 In shadow
Time EST Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Wed 2020-01-22 6:34:00 PM 248 4 1993 424 4.0 Illuminated
Wed 2020-01-22 6:35:00 PM 251 9 1594 423 3.2 Illuminated
Wed 2020-01-22 6:36:00 PM 257 15 1211 422 2.1 Illuminated
Wed 2020-01-22 6:37:00 PM 269 26 866 422 0.6 Illuminated
Wed 2020-01-22 6:38:00 PM 300 40 628 421 -1.0 Illuminated
Wed 2020-01-22 6:39:00 PM 354 40 633 421 -1.7 Illuminated
Wed 2020-01-22 6:40:00 PM 24 25 877 420 -1.3 Illuminated
Wed 2020-01-22 6:41:00 PM 36 15 1224 420 -0.7 In shadow
Wed 2020-01-22 6:42:00 PM 42 8 1608 419 -0.1 In shadow
Wed 2020-01-22 6:43:00 PM 45 3 2006 419 0.4 In shadow
Time EST Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Thu 2020-01-23 5:46:00 PM 234 4 1946 424 4.2 Daylight
Thu 2020-01-23 5:47:00 PM 235 9 1536 424 3.4 Daylight
Thu 2020-01-23 5:48:00 PM 237 17 1134 423 2.2 Illuminated
Thu 2020-01-23 5:49:00 PM 241 31 758 423 0.6 Illuminated
Thu 2020-01-23 5:50:00 PM 260 62 476 422 -1.6 Illuminated
Thu 2020-01-23 5:51:00 PM 28 58 492 421 -2.5 Illuminated
Thu 2020-01-23 5:52:00 PM 44 29 789 421 -1.7 Illuminated
Thu 2020-01-23 5:53:00 PM 47 16 1169 420 -0.9 Illuminated
Thu 2020-01-23 5:54:00 PM 49 9 1572 420 -0.2 Illuminated
Thu 2020-01-23 5:55:00 PM 50 4 1982 419 0.3 In shadow
ISS Tracking and Predictions
Chris Lee
2018-02-15T20:02:02-05:00