UK ISS Pass details for December 2015

ISS Pass Times Leading Uo To Christmas Eve

The International Space Station (ISS) is back over UK skies with some great evening passes during December 2015 with great passes over the Christmas period.

The ISS is the largest Space Station/ laboratory ever built, it can be spotted with the naked eye at certain times as it orbits Earth at 17500mph at an altitude of roughly 200 miles.

Spotting the station is very easy and you don’t need any special equipment. You only need your eyes!

Just for fun as the ISS passes over, tell your Children it’s Santa on a practice run or whatever you think will fire their imaginations. A little bit of magic goes a long way with young children, maybe inspiring them in the future. You never know Santa (The ISS passing over) could encourage a future Einstein, but most of all it’s fun.

Check out the Beginners Guide to Seeing the ISS to learn how easy it is to spot sailing over and the Beginners Guide to Photographing the International Space Station (ISS)

You can also see this great guide on how to watch and photograph the ISS.

All you need to know is when and where the ISS will be passing over your location. Luckily the United Kingdom (British Isles) is small enough for most of us who live there to see the ISS at the same time. Neighboring countries can see the station pass over at roughly the same time also.

Only bright passes are included in the predictions and the fainter, less easy ones have been left out.

The table below gives approximate ISS pass times and basic information, this will help you spot the station as it passes over.

Only bright passes which can be seen from the UK are listed and the information is approximate. Timings may differ by a few seconds, dependent on observer’s location. Times may change at short notice if the Station performs an orbital boost and changes its orbit. All Timings are local time.

Make sure you give yourself plenty of time, get your cameras ready and enjoy the ISS as it passes over in December and keep your eyes peeled for meteors, satellites and other objects too, they will be visible most nights!

Good luck Merry Christmas and clear skies…..

ISS bright UK pass details for December 2015

Times may change at short notice so please check this page daily for accurate timings

December 8 – 24Check Back For Timings SoonData obtained using NORAD Two Line Elements. Table information created manually with with in-house satellite prediction software.Live Video of Earth from the International Space Station (ISS)
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