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)
2019-07-21 3:38:20 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: Sun 2019-07-21 1:00:00 AM EDT
To: Wed 2019-07-31 11:00:00 PM EDT
Satellite ISS
Catalog Number 25544
Int Des 1998 067A
Epoch 2019 201.87845819 2019-07-20 21:04:59 UTC
Drag2 0.00001089 Rev/Day^2
Drag3 0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3
BStar 2.6256e-05
Ep Type 0
Element Set 999
Inclination 51.6422 Deg
RAAN 194.1183 Deg
Eccentricity 0.0006750
Argument of Perigee 160.7547 Deg
Mean Anomaly 274.9030 Deg
Mean Motion 15.50992427 Rev/Day
Epoch Revolution 18048
Semimajor Axis 6792.47 km
Precession 4.9638 Deg West/Day
Period 92.84 Min
Apogee 418.92 km
Perigee 409.75 km
Time EDT Az El Range Height Satellite
DOW YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Deg Deg km km Mag Visibility
Wed 2019-07-31 10:15:00 PM 314 0 2349 416 4.5 Illuminated
Wed 2019-07-31 10:16:00 PM 317 4 1953 415 3.7 Illuminated
Wed 2019-07-31 10:17:00 PM 323 9 1568 415 2.7 Illuminated
Wed 2019-07-31 10:18:00 PM 331 15 1206 415 1.6 Illuminated
Wed 2019-07-31 10:19:00 PM 347 24 899 415 0.2 Illuminated
Wed 2019-07-31 10:20:00 PM 19 33 723 415 -1.0 Illuminated
Wed 2019-07-31 10:21:00 PM 59 30 773 415 -1.4 In shadow
Wed 2019-07-31 10:22:00 PM 83 20 1016 415 -1.0 In shadow
Wed 2019-07-31 10:23:00 PM 95 12 1352 415 -0.5 In shadow
Wed 2019-07-31 10:24:00 PM 102 6 1727 415 0.0 In shadow
Wed 2019-07-31 10:25:00 PM 106 2 2118 416 0.5 In shadow
ISS Tracking and Predictions
Chris Lee
2018-02-15T20:02:02-05:00