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International Space Station

Posted By Eric Ptak On May 20, 2006 @ 6:16 pm In Science and Technology | No Comments

I wonder, from time to time, when I would be able to see the International Space Station. On clear nights, I gaze the sky, looking and wondering when I would be able to see it. Today, I visited the International Space Station [1] website, and found this link to a java applet [2] where you can put in your zip code and find out when and where in the sky the ISS can be seen. The next time for me will be:



NASA SKYWATCH TABLE OUTPUTSatellite = ISS : Viewer Location = User-Input
Local Time Azimuth Elevation Range Solar alt Solar Sep SRSS
dow/mm/dd/hh:mm:ss Deg E of N Deg Miles Deg Deg Deg
Wed-May-31@04:49:09

Wed-May-31@04:49:29

Wed-May-31@04:49:49

Wed-May-31@04:50:09

Wed-May-31@04:50:29

Wed-May-31@04:50:49

Wed-May-31@04:51:09

Wed-May-31@04:51:29

Wed-May-31@04:51:49
 172.7

166.9

160.2

152.6

144.3

135.5

126.7

118.2

110.4
 010.9

012.5

013.9

015.1

016.0

016.3

016.2

015.5

014.4
 00772

00722

00680

00648

00628

00620

00624

00641

00670
 005.3

006.6

007.9

009.2

010.5

011.8

013.1

014.4

015.7
 123.7

118.0

111.4

104.1

096.2

087.8

079.4

071.2

063.5
 -007.8

-007.7

-007.7

-007.6

-007.6

-007.5

-007.5

-007.4

After that, all through the beginning of June, apparently, for minutes at a time, tracking quickly through the sky, varying from 10-25 degrees. On June 16th, it seems to be the earliest it will show up in the sky, at just before midnite, tracking from 12-46 degrees east of north, and from 37 degrees to 11 degrees in elevation. I have to set an alarm for that, so I remember to watch for it. Hopefully, it will be a clear sky that night.

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[1] the International Space Station: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

[2] link to a java applet: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/SSapplications/Post/JavaSSOP/JavaSSOP.html