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Old October 11th 19, 06:52 PM posted to alt.astronomy
herbert glazier
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Default I just watched the ISS pass overhead (Seattle area)

On Sunday, October 6, 2019 at 8:21:40 AM UTC-7, Colonel Edmund J. Burke wrote:
On 10/5/2019 7:35 PM, a425couple wrote:
I just watched the ISS pass overhead (Seattle area)
The International Space Station, passed over Seattle
area pretty directly from West to East,
from 7:16 to about 7:22 Pacific Time (daylight savings).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intern..._Space_Station

LengthÂ*Â*Â* 51.0 m (167.3 ft)[1]
WidthÂ*Â*Â* 109.0 m (357.5 ft)[1]
Pressurised volumeÂ*Â*Â* 915.6 m3 (32,333 cu ft)[1]

Perigee altitudeÂ*Â*Â* 408 km (253.5 mi) AMSL[2]

Orbital speedÂ*Â*Â* 7.66 km/s[2]
(27,600 km/h; 17,100 mph)
Orbital periodÂ*Â*Â* 92.68 minutes[2]
Orbits per dayÂ*Â*Â* 15.54[2]




Did you take all these measurements from your ground radar station?


Do you calculus to locate its position? bert
 




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