Space Station Spotting
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The International Space Station (ISS) is a manned research space facility that is being assembled in orbit around the Earth.
It's orbit is about 220 miles above the Earth. It is easily visible when it passes overhead a just before sunrise or just after sunset.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station
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Sighting opportunities
http://esa.heavens-above.com/esa/iss_step1.asp
http://esa.heavens-above.com/esa/iss_step1_3.asp?CountryID=US
http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/skywatch.cgi?country=United+States
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Journal
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December 05, 2006
Great transit this morning starting at 5:48am reaching a max elevation of 32 degrees. Also saw two meteorites; very fast moving straight down towards and near the northern horizon.
