Upcoming Visible Space Station Passes

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I'm starting a new thread because the other thread title would be confusing.

December 8 and 9 are looking pretty good.


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Dec 9



Tailgate88
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See a Satellite Tonight
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Here's the pass for tomorrow night. As seen from CS Wal Mart.

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The Hubble Telescope is going to fly over at the same time, with a similar trajectory.
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Tailgate88 said:

See a Satellite Tonight
wow.. that site is super cool! hadn't seen it before.
thanks, Tailgate!
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theNetSmith said:

Tailgate88 said:

See a Satellite Tonight
wow.. that site is super cool! hadn't seen it before.
thanks, Tailgate!
I agree, but in fairness, I stole it from some other thread here a year ago or so. I wish I could give credit to whoever actually posted it first but I don't recall.
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This would be sweet. I think there's a string coming over in the next day or so, but I doubt it'll look anything close.

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ISS tonight was very visible tonight & should be even better next two nights!

Thanks for the heads up.

eta: tonight tonight
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NateDog said:

ISS tonight was very visible tonight & should be even better next two nights!

Thanks for the heads up.

eta: tonight tonight
I saw it too. Higher than I expected for 22 degrees over the horizon.
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Friendly reminder to look up at 7:10pm to see ISS.

Check out See A Satellite Tonight to see where to look from your location.
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Kbtx picked it up.

https://www.kbtx.com/2020/12/08/look-up-in-the-night-sky-to-spot-the-international-space-station/
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Shel usually mentions it in his Instagram stories.
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Pretty bright
BaitShack
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Seems slow tonight
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My 4 year old spotted it without help tonight!
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Thanks for this thread! Took my kids out to see it fly over!
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Thanks for sharing. The SpottheStation App stopped sending me text reminder recently even though I have renewed the subscription. I look forward to watching the ISS flyover again tomorrow when its brightness will double.
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Tonight's ISS viewing is at 6:23 pm.
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Very bright tonight. Thanks for the heads up.
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curry97 said:

Very bright tonight. Thanks for the heads up.
Easily the brightest thing in the sky, plus Mars so visible, and Saturn/Jupiter getting closer together.

Fun skywatching; also thanks again for the heads up Bait & whoever posted Darpinian!
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Tailgate88 said:

See a Satellite Tonight
Again, thanks for this link. I saw ISS, some rando R/B, and Hubble tonight. I haven't really been looking for anything in a while since the iridium satellite flares are going out of orbit and the app I used to use no longer works (SatTracker?). I'm not as fond of Heavens Above, but because of this site I can get my bearings a little easier and supplement it with HA. Unfortunately the site didn't work great on my tablet.
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BaitShack said:




Thank you!
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BaitShack said:


SON OF A NUTCRACKER: Thanks, BaitShack, for the time correction:

Bump for tomorrow (Friday, 12-18-20), ISS appears on the low south horizon arcing to the east, starting about 6:18 a.m.
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scd88
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I have set a calendar event for the Sunday evening pass.
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scd88 said:

I have set a calendar event for the Sunday evening pass.
I think it's Sunday Morning.
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Isn't there one tomorrow morning at 6:18? Heavens-above uses military / 24 hour time.
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BaitShack said:

scd88 said:

I have set a calendar event for the Sunday evening pass.
I think it's Sunday Morning.


See? This is why I miss these events....

Thanks for the correction...
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Saw it this morning.
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Came over to double check the times and bump for tomorrow morning and Monday morning.
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TChaney said:

Came over to double check the times and bump for tomorrow morning and Monday morning.


Alarm set. Good thread bump.
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Go to https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/ and sign up for the text alerts. They look like this:
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Time: Sun Dec 20 6:19 AM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 51 degrees, Appears: WSW,
Disappears: NNE
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Nice one!
 
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