Using the biannual solar outages to track the satellite arc.
During March and October every year the sun travels behind the arc in the sky that satellites occupy. With a bit of forward planning you can use this information to locate any specific satellite that is within reach of your location. The sun moves 15 degrees an hour, or 1 degree every 4 minutes
So using this information, the Theoretical times the sun is at any particular slot work out like this - although it will differ depending on your exact location. All times are GMT:
| sunrise----> 60E at 0800 55E at 0820 50E at 0840 45E at 0900 40E at 0920 35E at 0940 30E at 1000 25E at 1020 20E at 1040 15E at 1100 10E at 1120 5E at 1140 0E at 1200 |
5W at 1220 10W at 1240 15W at 1300 20W at 1320 25W at 1340 30W at 1400 35W at 1420 40W at 1440 45W at 1500 50W at 1520 55W at 1540 60W at 1600 ---->sunset |
You can add in any other satellite using the 1 degree in 4 minutes rule.
Please note - exact times will depend on you latitude and longitude, you can predict the exact time of the outages for any satellite using this site (although you need to know your latitude and longitude).
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