[LUG@IITD:13567] [Tip] Get International Space Station sighting information for your city?

[Tha.Suresh]

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

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     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   Tue May 24/04:26 AM      3      31   13 above S     24 above E
     ISS   Wed May 25/04:49 AM      4      43   13 above WSW   19 above NNE
     ISS   Thu May 26/03:40 AM      1      30   30 above ESE   17 above ENE
     ISS   Fri May 27/04:03 AM      2      43   41 above WNW   19 above NNE
     ISS   Sat May 28/04:25 AM      2      12   10 above WNW   10 above NNW
     ISS   Sun May 29/03:16 AM     < 1     19   19 above NNE   16 above NNE
     ISS   Mon May 30/03:38 AM     < 1     12   12 above NNW   10 above NNW

                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   Tue May 24/04:25 AM     3     30  13 above S     24 above E
    SHUTTLE   Wed May 25/04:48 AM     4     44  13 above WSW   19 above NNE
    SHUTTLE   Thu May 26/03:39 AM     1     29  29 above ESE   17 above ENE
    SHUTTLE   Fri May 27/04:02 AM     2     45  42 above WNW   19 above NNE
    SHUTTLE   Sat May 28/04:24 AM     2     12  10 above WNW   10 above NNW
    SHUTTLE   Sun May 29/03:15 AM    < 1    20  20 above NNE   16 above NNE
    SHUTTLE   Mon May 30/03:37 AM    < 1    11  11 above NNW   11 above NNW

                ONLY DAYS WITH SIGHTING OPPORTUNITIES ARE LISTED

               This data last updated on 17 May 2011 13:04:11 GMT


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