Re: [amsat-bb] Tracking Alpha (was" ISS Location at 1626Z 8 Nov 2000")

[Peter Hodgson <va3pkh@xxxxxx>]

Hi Norm

I ran your time and date through my Winorbit and came up with the same
answer + - a decimal point or so.
I had it south/east of the tip of South Africa using the original data.
When my computer says it's here, I hear it on 143.625 so that's good
enough for me.

Peter Hodgson
VA3PKH
Voice of the Edge of the Snow Belt :-)

Norm McMillan wrote:
> 
>  > Question is:  Where was ISS location over the planet at 1626Z 8 Nov
>  > 2000?
> 
> >at that particular time, the iss was at
> >32.270 degrees N
> >13.033 degrees W
> >altitude of 378.199 km
> 
> OK,
> so I plugged  08 Nov 2000, 1626 UTC into WinOrbit and came up with a
> different answer completely, which probably explains why I haven't had much
> joy spotting it. For that particular epoch I came up with
> 45.98S
> 65.07E
> Alt 389
> 
> Keps are
> 
> ISS Keplerian Elements :
> 
>         Epoch = 02/11/2000 19:42:28
>                        100307.82115171000
>        Orbit # = 11166
>         Mean Anomaly = 211.3274
>       Mean Motion = 15.6152855
>        Decay Rate = .00115204
>         SemiMajor Axis = 6761.34 km
>         Alt. Perigee = 390.60 km
>        Alt. Apogee = 398.07 km
>        Inclination = 51.5761
>         Eccentricity = 0.00055
>         Argument of Perigee = 148.8765
>         R.A. of Node = 154.701
> 
> Using "Basic" Orbital Model
>          "elliptical" Geodetic model
> 
> Right now @ 09/11/2000, 2122 utc I put it at 6.61S, 65.16 W, 376km alt.
> 
> I wonder if some kind soul could confirm that for me.? I I've deliberately
> avoided QTH and Local time issues.
> 
> Norm VK2XCI,
> Voice of the Edge of The Outback
> 
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