Spaceflight Now: Space Station/STS-98

Tracking spacecraft from your computer
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Updated: February 10, 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-98 (orbit: 194)

STS-98
1 26698U 01006A    1051.29477170  .00003262  00000-0  34583-4 0   353
2 26698  51.5718 318.4317 0011892  94.1821  69.4820 15.63326992  1942

Other satellites of interest (as of 02/20/01)

MIR
1 16609U 86017A   01051.20480324  .00180102  24623-4  35595-3 0  5836
2 16609  51.6447  57.0132 0014922  30.8415 352.2486 15.99392418858314
HST
1 20580U 90037B   01051.06564499  .00003305  00000-0  29638-3 0  4913
2 20580  28.4695  74.9354 0013455 159.9962 200.1145 14.92902866393467
ISS
1 25544U 98067A   01051.17160880  .00220347  00000-0  24039-2 0  6713
2 25544  51.5742 319.0855 0009647 120.0047  56.1225 15.62062622128797
CHANDRA
1 25867U 99040B   01047.54166667 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 02075
2 25867 036.0791 147.4016 7481744 306.0974 000.2923 00.37805929000989



Links to tracking information