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If you're like me and love to track and watch satellites passing overhead, this weekend is for you! The ISS is going to have a marathon this
weekend.
From NASA:
If you've never seen a spaceship with your own eyes, now's your chance.
The International Space Station (ISS) is about to make a remarkable series of flybys over the United States. Beginning this 4th of July weekend, the
station will appear once, twice, and sometimes three times a day for many days in a row. No matter where you live, you should have at least a few
opportunities to see the biggest spaceship ever built.
NASA's ISS tracker:
The marathon of space station flybys won't stop until mid-to-late July (depending on your location). That gives space shuttle Endeavour,
currently scheduled to launch on July 11th, time to reach the space station and join the show. As the shuttle approaches station for docking, many
observers will witness a memorable double flyby—Endeavour and the ISS sailing side by side across the starry night sky.
A tracking site I like better, that is somewhat more personalized and user-friendly is
www.heavens-above.com. Here, you can log in with a free account, set up your own personal viewing
parameters, and get exact times the ISS and other known satellites will fly over your area. There is also a feature which displays a map of your
area, showing the flyover direction as well as when it will be visible to you.
Happy watching!!!
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