Spaceflight Now: STS-106 Mission Report

Tracking spacecraft from your computer
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Updated: September 19, 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.

Latest tracking elements

   Space shuttle Atlantis (orbit 154):
   
STS-106 DOCK
1 26489U 00053A   00262.41736400  .00001074  00000-0  17769-4 0   337
2 26489  51.5774  24.0519 0007657 247.1827 222.3602 15.62509976  1544

   Other spacecraft of Interest (as of 09/18/00):

ISS
1 25544U 98067A   00262.46976949  .00008665  00000-0  10311-3 0   933
2 25544  51.5790  23.7872 0007466 235.1303 168.9378 15.61999819104575

MIR
1 16609U 86017A   00261.09773820  .00047238  00000-0  31380-3 0   442
2 16609  51.6471 150.1960 0011180  59.7016 300.5066 15.74885097833579

HST
1 20580U 90037B   00260.55950310  .00003513  00000-0  32786-3 0  3816
2 20580  28.4720   2.8416 0013383 317.8642  42.0921 14.91464715370066

CHANDRA
1 25867U 99040B   00257.50000000 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 01519
2 25867 033.0614 157.5265 7651595 299.4299 358.0018 00.37783547000986

Links to tracking information