Spaceflight Now: STS-92 Mission Report

Tracking spacecraft from your computer
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Updated: 11:50 a.m., October 24, 2000

The standardized 2-line elements below can be used by satellite tracking programs to plot the path of a spacecraft in the night sky, to predict when specified satellites might be visible - or within radio line of sight - from one's home location or to follow a space shuttle over the course of its mission. These elements will be updated daily during shuttle missions and every few days between flights. Links to Macintosh and PC satellite tracking software and on-line tracking systems are provided below.

The J-Track java application provided by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center provides realtime maps showing the current locations of various U.S. spacecraft while the Heavens Above site allows the user to specify viewing locations and/or satellites of interest. The CelesTrak page provides up-to-date 2-line elements for hundreds of spacecraft.

The following two-line elements are provided by David Ransom and David Cottle.

Latest tracking elements

  STS-92 elements (orbit 197):

STS-92
1 26563U 00062A   00298.47488826  .00002923  00000-0  33875-4 0   544
2 26563  51.5752 201.8451 0008002  59.8916 300.2869 15.61099499  1976

   Spacecraft of Interest (as of 10/24/00):
  
ISS
1 25544U 98067A   00298.12118056  .00084983  00000-0  99181-3 0  2157
2 25544  51.5783 203.6414 0006632 100.0953  66.4568 15.60872152110145

MIR
1 16609U 86017A   00297.84094030  .00087555  00000-0  45015-3 0  1530
2 16609  51.6473 320.5925 0006887 175.6662 184.4377 15.80438180839370

HST
1 20580U 90037B   00296.95869849 +.00004201 +00000-0 +39163-3 0 03962
2 20580 028.4686 128.6465 0013398 340.3035 019.7028 14.91804631375509

CHANDRA
1 25867U 99040B   00297.16666667 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 01668
2 25867 033.4707 155.5144 7619411 300.4597 358.2936 00.37791294000981

Links to tracking information