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[*] posted on 2-5-2009 at 02:41 PM


For more information about timing and Azimuth of entry and exit of the ISS you can go to AMSAT. Once on this page choose ISS from the drop down list and enter your latitude, longitude and elevation. It will give you AOS time (acquisition of Signal) LOS (loss of signal) times and elevations. The times given are UTC so you have to calculate local time. I use Heaven's Above and AMSAT. If you get really into this there are free software packages available that are designed for ham radio operators that will give you live updating maps, distances to your location and elevations. Plus all kinds of other information that a non-ham would have no interest in.



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[*] posted on 2-5-2009 at 04:02 PM


can you help calculate UTC for me...we are on mountain time in baja sur...does this satellite always zoom north to south?



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[*] posted on 2-5-2009 at 05:13 PM


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can you help calculate UTC for me...we are on mountain time in baja sur...does this satellite always zoom north to south?


Shari,

I am on Pacific Time and I subtract 8 hours. If you are in Mountain time you would subtract 7 hours.

I found this at lesson for students about the ISS

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The ISS goes over a specific area on Earth approximately twice a day. Once in an ascending track from south to north, the second is in a descending track from north to south.


I found a real time ISS tracker at NASA




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[*] posted on 2-5-2009 at 07:24 PM


thank you for that...excellent info.



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