Ground Location Data for Satellite Tracking

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Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, VA

• Latitude = +37.024 North (37 deg 01 min 26 sec).
• Longitude = -76.345 West (76 deg 20 min 41 sec).
• Antenna Height = 79.0 feet above mean sea level (+24.079 meters).
• Time Zone = 5 hours west of the Greenwich Time Zone (-5).

Use Eastern Standard Time (EST) desginator from the last Sunday in October to the first Sunday in April. Otherwise use Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) designator for the Summer half of the year. Basic rule of thumb: Spring = forward one hour, Fall = back one hour.

Midnight (0000) Universal Time Cordinated (UTC) occurs at:

• EST, at 7:00 p.m. (1900 local).
• EDT, at 8:00 p.m. (2000 local).