Hi:
Maybe someone can explain this discrepancy to me: I am at OakRidge
Observatory, 25.6554°N, 80.3503°W. HeavensAbove reported no visible ISS
pass for Sunday, 5-18-08 using the epoch 08139.5172 TLE:
Epoch (UTC): 12:24:48 PM, Sunday, May 18, 2008
I went to Space Track and the latest Elset is epoch 08140.1373
If I plug either TLE (obtained from Heavens Above or Space Track) into
Satellite Tracker or Software Bisque's TheSky, I had a predicted path for
the ISS for 9:35 PM EST 5-18-08 (01:35 UT 5-19-08) just south of the very
bright Moon, at approximately 26* elevation. Wildfire smoke prevented me
from "seeing" if there was indeed a pass, but had the sjy been clear which
Elset, program and so forth is controlling?
Thank you.
Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Fetter" <kfetter@yahoo.com>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 9:43 AM
Subject: almost time for the ISS marathon
> It's almost time.
>
> Between roughly 6 UTC ( May 21 ) to 15 UTC ( May 23 ) the iss won't pass
> through the earth's
> umbra. So between those times, it will be in constant sunlight.
>
> So get ready for seeing the ISS pass by, a few times during the night.
>
> Kevin
>
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