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Step 1: Predict the pass
Step 2: Choose the better pass
Step 3: Calculate orbits per day
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Predict the pass
Reason about light and orbit.
01
Why is the ISS usually visible only around dusk or dawn?
It only orbits at those times
It is sunlit while your sky is dark
Its lights switch on at night
02
The ISS orbit is inclined 51.6°. Can it pass over Nairobi (1.3° S)?
Yes
No
Only in July
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