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re: Good view of the space station in about 6 minutes
Posted on 12/10/20 at 8:16 pm to NorthEndZone
Posted on 12/10/20 at 8:16 pm to NorthEndZone
Speed is 7.662 km/s
17,139.40587 mph
Tried to bounce a radio signal off it on this pass but there was way too much traffic.
It will be back again Dec 18th around 6:18 AM, should be visible then too.
17,139.40587 mph
Tried to bounce a radio signal off it on this pass but there was way too much traffic.
It will be back again Dec 18th around 6:18 AM, should be visible then too.
This post was edited on 12/10/20 at 8:18 pm
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Posted on 12/10/20 at 8:21 pm to VanRIch
Y'all could have called and reminded me, you bastards.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 8:22 pm to td1
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Tried to bounce a radio signal off it on this pass but there was way too much traffic.
Similar. I shined a flashlight and waved.
Posted on 12/11/20 at 4:15 am to Marciano1
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So I'm assuming we rarely get a good view of it passing by?
Actually passes over pretty regularly. There’s an app called ISS Spotter you can download that shows when it’s scheduled to pass over your area, to the minute. It also tells you how good the view will be (star rating). Last night’s was particularly good. The app is great.
Posted on 12/11/20 at 5:02 am to VanRIch
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Good view of the space station in about 6 minutes
I saw it last night. Was out on our dock and saw a bright light traveling NW to SE. Last time I saw it, ISS moved SW to NE. I wasn't expecting it to be moving to SE.
Wasn't out there to look for it. I was cleaning fish.
Posted on 12/11/20 at 5:13 am to Lonnie Utah
Here's a link to Stellarium on the web. You can put in your location and search for the ISS to know when it will transit across your location.
Posted on 12/11/20 at 6:36 am to VanRIch
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Look up. Coming in from
Northwest.
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Good view of the space station in about 6 minutes
Looking up.
Still waiting.
Posted on 12/11/20 at 6:59 am to chicano12
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ETA: I’ve seen satellites before but they were much smaller and faster
Dumb question time here. Which satellites actually orbit (non gsync) around the earth?
Posted on 12/11/20 at 8:31 am to aTmTexas Dillo
The space station takes around 90 minutes to orbit the earth. The earth rotates under it so the exact path is offset a bit each orbit. Eventually the path will shift so far that it will come from the south to the north. In fact, I just checked and it's taking that exact same path you described.
Posted on 12/11/20 at 8:33 am to aTmTexas Dillo
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Wasn't out there to look for it. I was cleaning fish.
Reeeeeeal subtle.
Posted on 12/11/20 at 8:34 am to Tempratt
There are about 5000 satellites orbiting earth right now. Of those only about 2000 are functioning.
Posted on 12/11/20 at 8:05 pm to VanRIch
Bought some penny stocks in 2000, I'm sure I own one of them. Crap investment, but worth the risk.
Posted on 12/11/20 at 8:08 pm to VanRIch
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There are about 5000 satellites orbiting earth right now. Of those only about 2000 are functioning.
How long after commercial space travel will we have to wait before Discovery or History channel gives us a show with 6 rednecks and a space wrecker doing space salvage?
Dibs on the show idea, frickers!
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