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)


2008-08-27  4:00:08 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: Wed 2008-08-27  1:00:00 AM EDT
       To:   Sat 2008-09-06 11:00:00 PM EDT

Satellite            ISS           
Catalog Number         25544
Int Des               1998 067A  
Epoch                  2008 239.85900280  2008-08-26 20:36:58 UTC
Drag2                       0.00006746 Rev/Day^2
Drag3                       0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3
BStar                       5.6963e-05
Ep Type                     0
Element Set               130
Inclination                51.6434 Deg
RAAN                       13.6935 Deg
Eccentricity                0.0008826
Argument of Perigee        60.3551 Deg
Mean Anomaly               77.1240 Deg
Mean Motion                15.71146014 Rev/Day
Epoch Revolution        55965

Semimajor Axis          6734.27 km
Precession              5.1155 Deg West/Day
Period                     91.65 Min
Apogee                    362.08 km
Perigee                   350.19 km

         Time   EDT              Az     El    Range  Height          Satellite
DOW  YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS        Deg    Deg       km      km   Mag   Visibility

Wed  2008-08-27  5:55:00 AM     227      1     2001     355   1.3    In shadow
Wed  2008-08-27  5:56:00 AM     227      6     1581     354   0.8    In shadow
Wed  2008-08-27  5:57:00 AM     226     13     1166     354   0.1  Illuminated
Wed  2008-08-27  5:58:00 AM     224     24      767     353  -0.8  Illuminated
Wed  2008-08-27  5:59:00 AM     213     53      435     353  -1.8  Illuminated
Wed  2008-08-27  6:00:00 AM      71     59      406     352  -0.9  Illuminated
Wed  2008-08-27  6:01:00 AM      57     27      717     352   1.5  Illuminated
Wed  2008-08-27  6:02:00 AM      54     14     1111     352   3.1  Illuminated
Wed  2008-08-27  6:03:00 AM      53      7     1525     351   4.2  Illuminated
Wed  2008-08-27  6:04:00 AM      53      2     1944     351   4.9  Illuminated

         Time   EDT              Az     El    Range  Height          Satellite
DOW  YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS        Deg    Deg       km      km   Mag   Visibility

Fri  2008-08-29  5:15:00 AM     232      3     1824     355   1.1    In shadow
Fri  2008-08-29  5:16:00 AM     232      8     1405     354   0.5    In shadow
Fri  2008-08-29  5:17:00 AM     233     17      994     354  -0.3    In shadow
Fri  2008-08-29  5:18:00 AM     235     33      611     353  -1.3    In shadow
Fri  2008-08-29  5:19:00 AM     257     78      360     353  -2.1  Illuminated
Fri  2008-08-29  5:20:00 AM      46     42      510     352  -0.2  Illuminated
Fri  2008-08-29  5:21:00 AM      49     20      873     352   1.9  Illuminated
Fri  2008-08-29  5:22:00 AM      50     11     1279     351   3.3  Illuminated
Fri  2008-08-29  5:23:00 AM      51      5     1696     351   4.3  Illuminated
Fri  2008-08-29  5:24:00 AM      51      0     2116     351   5.1  Illuminated