Spaceflight Now STS-102

Tracking spacecraft from your computer
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Updated: March 20, 2001


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-102 (orbit: 186)

STS-102
1 26718U 01010A   01079.33357544  .00003668  00000-0  35077-4 0   492
2 26718  51.5674 176.6451 0011984  29.7018 292.4998 15.65921761  1865

ISS
1 25544U 98067A   01079.35380882 -.00045771  00000-0 -54477-3 0  7819
2 25544  51.5715 176.5552 0008603 192.9690 240.5582 15.60294534133204

Other satellites of interest (as of 03/20/01)

MIR
1 16609U 86017A   01079.30912037  .00673578  29432-3  39085-3 0  7430
2 16609  51.6364 265.5460 0004235 185.7162 175.7098 16.18227848862832
HST
1 20580U 90037B   01077.93892200 +.00004016 +00000-0 +36158-3 0 05197
2 20580 028.4685 261.6795 0013056 081.0898 279.1165 14.93095313397485
CHANDRA
1 25867U 99040B   01076.70833333 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 02199
2 25867 036.4787 146.2133 7416922 306.5405 010.9647 00.37807506000989



Links to tracking information