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The National Map: Elevation. SunCalc - sun position, sunlight phases, sunrise, sunset, dusk and dawn times calculator. SunCalc is a little app that shows sun movement and sunlight phases during the given day at the given location.

SunCalc - sun position, sunlight phases, sunrise, sunset, dusk and dawn times calculator

You can see sun positions at sunrise, specified time and sunset. The thin orange curve is the current sun trajectory, and the yellow area around is the variation of sun trajectories during the year. The closer a point is to the center, the higher is the sun above the horizon. The colors on the time slider above show sunlight coverage during the day. Please leave your ideas about improving SunCalc or vote for them here, and follow @suncalc_net for updates. Collins Dictionaries. 1 day, latest earthquakes. Seasonal Outlook. Oregon Web Cams : Listings of all Webcams in Oregon. Spot The Station. Hurricane Status Center. Updates on Hurricane Jeanne's threat to the Cape Canaveral spaceport will be posted on this page.

Hurricane Status Center

The Kennedy Space Center suffered additional wind and water damage from Hurricane Jeanne, but officials said today the spaceport never experienced hurricane-force winds and that Frances caused considerably more damage. Read our full story. ESRL Global Monitoring Division. Simple Satellite Tracking. Spy Satellites. Lacrosse Radar Imaging Satellites Lacrosse satellites produce high resolution imagery using synthetic aperture radar, which illuminates targets through cloud cover and/or in darkness.

Spy Satellites

Their orbits are not published by official sources; however, they are readily tracked by hobbyists, who are the sole public source of their orbital elements. Lacrosses are among the brightest of all satellites, typically reaching 2nd magnitude on favourable passes. Four Lacrosse satellites have been launched, three of which remain in orbit. Lacrosse 1 (COSPAR 1988-106B / NORAD 19671 / USA 31) was launched on December 2, 1988, from the Kennedy Space Center, on space shuttle Atlantis (STS-27), which deployed it into a 57 deg, 454 km orbit, from which it manoeuvred to a 687 km orbit.