Monday, January 28, 2013

Space Station tracking and spotting

The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest man made satellite currently orbiting the earth and is often visible with the naked eye, you just need to know when and where to look.

There are several NASA pages online to help you track and view the ISS from your location, such as "Spot the Station", "Real Data Sightings" and "Real Data Tracking".  There's also a good iOS app available for iPhones and iPads called "ISS Spotter".

However, I recently came across a private site called "Heavens Above".  After pin-pointing your location on a Google Map, you can not only see when the ISS will be in your sky, but other satellites as well.

Check it out... www.heavens-above.com







Below are screen shots from some of the NASA pages;



Below is a screen shot from the Apple iTunes store of the ISS Spotter app for iPhone and iPad;


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