[kanchilug] [Tip] Get International Space Station sighting information for your city?

  • From: "Tha.Suresh" <jemenisuresh@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ILUG-C <ilugc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, KanchiLug <kanchilug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 15:55:46 +0530

Get International Space Station sighting information for your city. Want to
know when a spacecraft will be flying over your city?


$ links -dump "
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=India&region=None&city=Chennai";
| sed -n '/--/,/--/p'


Ex:

[suresh@mercury gmap-test]$ links -dump "
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/cities/view.cgi?country=India&region=None&city=Chennai";
| sed -n '/--/,/--/p'
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------

    THE FOLLOWING ISS SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MON MAY 16 TO TUE MAY 31

   SATELLITE      LOCAL      DURATION   MAX ELEV     APPROACH    DEPARTURE
                DATE/TIME     (MIN)       (DEG)     (DEG-DIR)    (DEG-DIR)

    ISS   Sat May 21/04:48 AM      3      60   17 above SSW   32 above ENE
    ISS   Sun May 22/05:12 AM      4      18   10 above W     10 above N
    ISS   Mon May 23/04:03 AM     < 1     32   32 above ENE   26 above NE
    ISS   Tue May 24/04:26 AM      1      16   16 above NNW   10 above N

               ONLY DAYS WITH SIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES ARE LISTED

  THE FOLLOWING SHUTTLE SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUE MAY 17 TO SAT JUN 04

   SATELLITE      LOCAL      DURATION   MAX ELEV     APPROACH    DEPARTURE
                DATE/TIME     (MIN)       (DEG)     (DEG-DIR)    (DEG-DIR)

   SHUTTLE   Sat May 21/04:48 AM     3     59  17 above SSW   32 above ENE
   SHUTTLE   Sun May 22/05:11 AM     4     18  11 above W     10 above N
   SHUTTLE   Mon May 23/04:03 AM    < 1    32  32 above ENE   25 above NE
   SHUTTLE   Tue May 24/04:26 AM     1     17  17 above NNW   10 above N

               ONLY DAYS WITH SIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES ARE LISTED

              This data last updated on 17 May 2011 12:59:39 GMT

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Tha.Suresh

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