Does anyone know of a good program or a website to use to track satellite orbits?

This Java Applet from NASA is pretty good.

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Use Jtrack it is the most extensive orbit tracking that i know of. Just do a seach and enter jtrack it no longer shows the space station due to threats to the space station.

http://www.n2yo.com/

Doesn't necessarily show orbits, but it shows most major satellites/space station, and can predict when they'll be visible from the ground, etc. Pretty neat stuff.

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The ISS is really cool since they have added all the extra solar panels. From here, it is unmistakable should it pass by right after sunset. On clear nights, I try to catch it every now and then using NASA's tracker. I've tried to catch the Shuttle when it wasn't docked to the ISS, but never have been successful. I guess it just doesn't reflect enough sunlight for here...

I live in Nebraska and every morning around 5:55-6:05am I see a satelllite passing over head. It's bigger than others I have seen with my naked eye, but it takes the same route, north to south, passing "near" the Orion constellation. I can't find anything that is around my area on those sites for those times I see this thing every morning. Anyone have any guesses?

Classified?

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Could be. That's kind of creepy. BIG BROTHER! LOL!

I live in Nebraska and every morning around 5:55-6:05am I see a satelllite passing over head. It's bigger than others I have seen with my naked eye, but it takes the same route, north to south, passing "near" the Orion constellation. I can't find anything that is around my area on those sites for those times I see this thing every morning. Anyone have any guesses?

Thinking it might not be a single satellite but different ones in the same orbit.

Does anyone know of a good program or a website to use to track satellite orbits?

Check out the APOTD sticky. First post.

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I live in Nebraska and every morning around 5:55-6:05am I see a satelllite passing over head. It's bigger than others I have seen with my naked eye, but it takes the same route, north to south, passing "near" the Orion constellation. I can't find anything that is around my area on those sites for those times I see this thing every morning. Anyone have any guesses?

If it's the Lacrosse 3, the International Space Station, the Early Ammonia Servicer, the Hubble Space Telescope, or a few others they track, this site will tell you.

http://www.spaceweather.com/flybys/

If this satellite is in "Polar" orbit there is a good chance that it is a spy satellite as this give it every chance to see all the surface features at some time if not this orbit then the next one.

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So I used the http://www.spaceweather.com/flybys/ website. That was very cool, thanks. According to this website I think I am seeing the International Space Station. It says it has a magnitude of -3 and it's flyby is around the times I was seeing this "thing." I really need to get a telescope back! ;-) Thanks for the great info everyone!