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Visible Pass Details

Ground Track
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Whole Sky Chart
This chart shows the path of the satellite across the sky. Please note that East and West are NOT the "wrong way round" if you hold the chart over your head to correspond to the view of the sky.

Pass Details
Date: Thursday, 02 September, 2010
Satellite: ISS
Observer's Location: Reading ( 51.4439°N, 0.9841°W)
Local Time: Greenwich Mean Time (GMT + 0:00)
Orbit: 377 x 405 km, 51.6° (Epoch 12 Feb)
Sun altitude at time of
maximum pass altitude:
-14.0°

EventTime Altitude Azimuth Distance (km)
Rises above horizon 21:15:49 279° (W ) 2,482
Reaches 10° altitude 21:19:12 10° 246° (WSW) 1,586
Maximum altitude 21:20:28 12° 225° (SW ) 1,480
Enters shadow 21:22:58 187° (S ) 1,802
Drops below 10° altitude 21:21:44 10° 204° (SSW) 1,564

Detailed Star Chart


(500 to 1600 pixels)
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point moved in that direction.
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