[amsat-bb] Re: ISS Visible in Evening Sky (North America)

[Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)]

Or if you're an APRS user, just send an APRS message (any content except 
a valid APRS callsign-SSID) to ISS.  The response will contain the next 
pass information for your last beaconed position (or the last beaconed 
position of the callsign-SSID that you send as the text to ISS).  
Unfortunately, I don't (yet) flag the visible passes.

The response message format is described at 
http://aprsisce.wikidot.com/doc:satsrv and the response server works for 
other satellites as well.

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32

On 4/10/2012 8:58 AM, JoAnne Maenpaa wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> This is a quick reminder that there are several ISS eyeball viewing
> opportunities this week for North American stations. They are evening
> passes. On a couple passes you may be able to watch the ISS enter eclipse.
>
> Use your tracking program or the tracking resources on-line:
>
> http://www.heavens-above.com will print you a table of 10-day visible passes
> if you enter your city data.
>
> NASA's SkyWatch Web site at http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/
> allows access to USA and global visible passes, and a downloadable SkyWatch
> 2.0 applet.
>
> http://spaceweather.com/flybys/ may perhaps be using old keplerian elements
> as it says nothing is visible. Check your keps - there have been a couple of
> recent ISS reboosts.
>
> --
> 73 de JoAnne K9JKM
> k9jkm at amsat.org
>
>
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