Why can't I see the International Space Station the coming ten days in my neck of the woods? [Details inside].

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Check this web page Canadian Space Agency. It show the multiple orbits and the three lines and shows that they are not one on top of the other. So those three time in one night are are when the orbits are over your head. The other times it goes over may be during daylight or is on the other side of the Earth.

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