{"id":5272,"date":"2014-05-09T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/?p=5272"},"modified":"2014-05-08T22:36:59","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T02:36:59","slug":"track-the-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/2014\/05\/09\/track-the-international-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Track the International Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div xmlns:mwsh=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/namespace\/mcode\/v1\/syntaxhighlight.dtd\" class=\"content\">\r\n   <introduction>\r\n      <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/answers\/contributors\/3208495\">Sean<\/a>'s pick this week is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/fileexchange\/42733-isstracker-v1-0-0\">ISS Tracker<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/fileexchange\/authors\/131314\">Rami<\/a>.\r\n      <\/p>\r\n      <p>At the time that this post goes live, I will be on an island far away from most civilization.  But, there is still a chance that\r\n         I could see the ISS. 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