Space Station Sightings
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Space station sightings. The space station will appear as a bright slow but steady moving star. That s easy enough he said. Tracy said several conditions must occur for the sighting of the iss or a satellite to take place in particular locations.
Visible to the naked eye it looks like a fast moving plane only much higher and traveling thousands of miles an hour faster. First obviously the satellite must be above the horizon at the observer s location. He explained i was watching the nasa live space station cam when i noticed the camera zooming in on a strange object coming from below the space station.
It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up. Several times a week mission control at nasa s johnson space center in houston tx determines sighting opportunities for over 6 700 locations worldwide. Space station iss viewing and sighting information schedule for your location tonight.
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