Spot the Station (ISS) - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: rdl
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2018, 02:24:53 am
content: I saw the ISS fly over tonight. It was pretty cool and much easier to see than I expected. NASA says the ISS is the third brightest object in the sky. I always knew you could see it if you knew when and where to look, but never made the effort. I found out recently that NASA has a web page that does all the work for you:https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/Give it a look if you're interested in this sort of thing. There are a few videos on youtube, but nothing beats seeing the real thing.

author: ataradov
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2018, 02:35:21 am
content: One of the greatest places for tracking all sorts of space stuff is this sitehttps://heavens-above.com/main.aspx

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 10, 2018, 02:42:13 am
content: There's an ISS Tracker App as well.I've also made the effort to look for it - and it's not that hard to see if you are looking in the right area. I don't do that very often, though because it is so low (comparatively speaking) the time between it coming into view and being lit, it's only visible around dawn and dusk ... I'm rarely ready for the outside at dawn and at dusk, there's usually other stuff going on so when I do find a date and time where a good viewing opportunity comes around, there's a good chance I'll be caught in the middle of something.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2018, 03:54:34 am
content: There are various apps that do this. I personally like ISS Detector. It's free with bearable ads and for a minor fee you get to track many more objects. It hasn't failed me yet. No affiliation.But yes, the ISS is hard to miss if you're looking up at the right time. It's really ridiculously bright.

author: ElektroQuark
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 10, 2018, 05:52:03 pm
content: You can track near 20000 satellites here:http://www.n2yo.com/

author: HoracioDos
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2018, 03:11:12 pm
content: I love gpredict from Alexandru Csete OZ9AEC. You can also get transponder info for many sats. I have a very delayed project to build a LEO antenna to decode telemetryISS will pass today at 23:54. It is a very nice hour to spot it. I hope it is not cloudy

author: Howardlong
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2018, 03:42:26 pm
content: I've done a number of school contacts with the ISS where it was visible at the time of the contact. Despite the infamous UK weather, it's not that uncommon as the astronaut contact timings are often shortly after dusk here in the UK, so as long as it's not cloudy you're almost certainly going to see it.Somewhere I have a video of one of those contacts where that happened with astronaut Tim Peake. Our schools setup includes a CCTV camera to check for snagged cables remotely, and even that crappy CCTV camera showed the ISS, and as the radio operator I happened to have a phone camera running during the contact. Not only that, it was the first time we had live video from the ISS during a contact too.Edit: here’s the link...https://youtu.be/ChKNtzYE_HQ

author: HoracioDos
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2018, 06:05:17 pm
content: Quote from: Howardlong on June 12, 2018, 03:42:26 pmVery cool. I think that children and adults must be very proud to have your own astronauts up there. I'm green with envy (a healthy one). LOL.