APOD of ISS (05 Mar 2008)

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ISS position

by videograham » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:50 am

I'm not 100% but on a closer look, there is a feature on the far right-hand side of the image which is similar in shape to the Persian Gulf with the Mediterranean Sea towards the upper left. The only flaw to this idea is that I can't make out the Red Sea, unless I'm mis-interpreting the scale.

ISS

by ta152h0 » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:16 pm

Holly cow, is that the track of a jet stream in the background ? pass the beer ! :) :) :) :D

by emc » Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:25 pm

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080228.html... according to APOD, ISS orbits every 90 minutes :shock:

Here is a nifty ISS tracking site http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/

by iamlucky13 » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:40 pm

The fly around takes several hours, if I remember correctly, time to complete an entire orbit or two. I guess at least you can figure out the ground track and follow it around the map looking for anything that might be those huge mountain ranges.

I'm having trouble finding historical ground tracks. I know several sites that will show current or future position of the ISS, but it seems finding out where it was in the past is a little harder.

by Lucra » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:26 pm

At the time of undocking the ISS was halfway between South Africa and Australia (S 27° E 77°) Hope this helps to identify the underlaying landmarks.
Allow for serious errors due to uncertainty in the time the picture was taken.
Since the sun is shining from the left site (at 9h24m UT) the camera points to the south.

kind regards,
Luc

by BMAONE23 » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:19 pm

Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 3:24 a.m. (CST) on Feb. 18, 2008.

by Lucra » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:32 am

Had the same question. If one could know the time (UT) the picture was taken it should be possible to to determine the position of ISS. The only time indication I could find is the time the Shuttle undocked from the station but that, I guess, might not be accurate enough.

Luc

APOD of ISS (05 Mar 2008)

by videograham » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:42 am

Anyone able to identify the part of the earth over which the ISS is in Wednesday's APOD?

Unfortunately there is no coastline, only a couple of mountain ranges. The African or Asian deserts perhaps?

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