ISS SATELLITE SIGHTING 18 07 2009 Switzerland

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/

SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE

DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR)

Sat Jul 18/10:47 PM 3 48 35 above NNW 15 above E

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/travelinginspace/iss_sightings.html

The Space Station will appear as a bright, slow, but steady moving star. Tracy said several conditions must occur for the sighting of the ISS or a satellite to take place in particular locations.

"First, obviously, the satellite must be above the horizon at the observer's location. That's easy enough," he said. "The second requirement is that the observer must be in darkness, when the sun is more than 6 degrees below the horizon. It may not be totally dark, but past experience shows that 6 degrees is about right.

"Third, the satellite itself must be lit by the sun. This means that the sun must be above the satellite's horizon. With the observer in darkness, sightings generally occur near sunrise and/or sunset at the observer's location. Finally, the lit side of the satellite must be facing roughly in the direction of the observer. Even if all other conditions are met, if the lit side of the spacecraft is facing away from the observer, then a sighting cannot take place."

Also, the ISS will appear in different parts of the sky from location to location.

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[1msharrypotterfan]

It went over my area 2 days ago I think but it was awesome

[nrmejia]

I saw one tonite

[baglan2014]

haha thats awesome it just went by my house i was like wtf is that

[DTraneNC]

@midnightalastor same here! They got me looking the sky all the time. I went and looked up "Heavens above" (NASA) and I can't half ass undersstand it. anyone can help, I'd greatly appreciate it.

[RehdBlob]

@Dubai0Money It's reflecting sunlight back to the earth so you can see them

[DrNOP1]

I have just looked this up as i have just witnessed 6 of these tonight. 2 were travelling very close to each other and 1 was going opposite at the same time. Just look like stars moving very fast. Wasn't sure what they were but guess they were satellites. i wonder how many there are if i saw these in less then 10 minuets time.

[Dubai0Money]

how the fuck r u ment see a saterlite this is totaal bullshit.

is'nt a saterlite in space?

[nickandkenny14]

Satellites orbit at a fast speed and go across your horizen in about 2 minutes and the resson that they just fade away is because the orbiting satellite turns at an angle were it is not shineing light towards you from the sun .

[midnightalastor]

i have a question; do satellites simply vanish?

cuz i have recently observed two 'stars' that move kind of like this one, and then just fade away...