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)
2018-09-20 3:37:08 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: Thu 2018-09-20 1:00:00 AM EDT
To: Sun 2018-09-30 11:00:00 PM EDT
Satellite ISS
Catalog Number 25544
Int Des 1998 067A
Epoch 2018 263.26339273 2018-09-20 06:19:17 UTC
Drag2 0.00001341 Rev/Day^2
Drag3 0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3
BStar 2.7748e-05
Ep Type 0
Element Set 999
Inclination 51.6409 Deg
RAAN 264.8979 Deg
Eccentricity 0.0004580
Argument of Perigee 175.0379 Deg
Mean Anomaly 252.4459 Deg
Mean Motion 15.53869451 Rev/Day
Epoch Revolution 13330
Semimajor Axis 6784.08 km
Precession 4.9855 Deg West/Day
Period 92.67 Min
Apogee 409.06 km
Perigee 402.84 km
Time EDT Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Sat 2018-09-22 8:34:00 PM 239 4 1932 412 2.0 Illuminated
Sat 2018-09-22 8:35:00 PM 241 9 1523 412 1.5 Illuminated
Sat 2018-09-22 8:36:00 PM 244 17 1124 411 0.7 Illuminated
Sat 2018-09-22 8:37:00 PM 252 30 755 411 -0.3 Illuminated
Sat 2018-09-22 8:38:00 PM 283 56 490 410 -1.7 Illuminated
Sat 2018-09-22 8:39:00 PM 15 50 525 410 -2.1 Illuminated
Sat 2018-09-22 8:40:00 PM 37 27 822 409 -1.3 In shadow
Sat 2018-09-22 8:41:00 PM 43 15 1200 409 -0.5 In shadow
Sat 2018-09-22 8:42:00 PM 47 8 1601 408 0.1 In shadow
Sat 2018-09-22 8:43:00 PM 48 3 2011 408 0.6 In shadow
Time EDT Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Sun 2018-09-23 7:42:00 PM 223 4 1940 413 1.9 Illuminated
Sun 2018-09-23 7:43:00 PM 221 9 1530 412 1.3 Illuminated
Sun 2018-09-23 7:44:00 PM 218 17 1129 412 0.4 Illuminated
Sun 2018-09-23 7:45:00 PM 212 30 756 411 -0.7 Illuminated
Sun 2018-09-23 7:46:00 PM 183 57 485 411 -2.2 Illuminated
Sun 2018-09-23 7:47:00 PM 85 52 515 410 -2.5 Illuminated
Sun 2018-09-23 7:48:00 PM 64 27 814 410 -1.6 Illuminated
Sun 2018-09-23 7:49:00 PM 59 15 1194 409 -0.7 Illuminated
Sun 2018-09-23 7:50:00 PM 56 8 1597 409 -0.1 Illuminated
Sun 2018-09-23 7:51:00 PM 55 3 2008 408 0.4 In shadow
Time EDT Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Tue 2018-09-25 7:34:00 PM 244 2 2150 412 3.2 Illuminated
Tue 2018-09-25 7:35:00 PM 246 6 1744 412 2.8 Illuminated
Tue 2018-09-25 7:36:00 PM 250 12 1346 411 2.2 Illuminated
Tue 2018-09-25 7:37:00 PM 258 21 971 411 1.4 Illuminated
Tue 2018-09-25 7:38:00 PM 277 36 659 410 -0.0 Illuminated
Tue 2018-09-25 7:39:00 PM 333 48 538 410 -1.5 Illuminated
Tue 2018-09-25 7:40:00 PM 19 33 714 409 -1.5 Illuminated
Tue 2018-09-25 7:41:00 PM 35 19 1045 409 -0.9 Illuminated
Tue 2018-09-25 7:42:00 PM 41 11 1427 409 -0.2 Illuminated
Tue 2018-09-25 7:43:00 PM 45 5 1827 408 0.3 Illuminated
Tue 2018-09-25 7:44:00 PM 48 1 2233 408 0.7 In shadow
ISS Tracking and Predictions
Chris Lee
2018-02-15T20:02:02-05:00