APOD of ISS (05 Mar 2008)
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APOD of ISS (05 Mar 2008)
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?
Unfortunately there is no coastline, only a couple of mountain ranges. The African or Asian deserts perhaps?
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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
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
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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.
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.
"Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man." ~J. Robert Oppenheimer (speaking about Albert Einstein)
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http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080228.html... according to APOD, ISS orbits every 90 minutes
Here is a nifty ISS tracking site http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/
Here is a nifty ISS tracking site http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/
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ISS position
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.