International Space Station Sightings
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International space station sightings. Visible to the naked eye it looks like a fast moving plane only much higher and traveling thousands of miles an hour faster. It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up. First obviously the satellite must be above the horizon at the observer s location.
The space station is visible for a long distance around each of the listed locations. Tracy said several conditions must occur for the sighting of the iss or a satellite to take place in particular locations. Several times a week mission control at nasa s johnson space center in houston tx determines sighting opportunities for over 6 700 locations worldwide.
The space station will appear as a bright slow but steady moving star. Watch the international space station pass overhead from several thousand worldwide locations.