Can You See The Space Station From Earth
Live iss tracking map live space station tracking map.
Can you see the space station from earth. The iss orbits earth at 4 76 miles per second taking about ninety minutes to orbit earth so it could be there gone in minutes. It is in fact it can be seen without a telescope under the right conditions. To look up viewing times for any location on earth for the iss and dozens of other satellites please use nasa s skywatch application.
Also there are times when the international space station flies overhead but it may not be visible like the middle of the day. It has to be in light and you have to be in darkness. The international space station iss is the largest human made object to fly in outer space and can be seen from anywhere around the world when the conditions are right.
Many people are not aware that the international space station iss is visible from earth. It is the third brightest object in the sky and easy to spot if you know when to look up. Watch the international space station pass overhead from several thousand worldwide locations.
To us on earth it. Which makes just before sunrise and just after sunset prime iss viewing time. Some sightings last only seconds.
Visible to the naked eye it looks like a fast moving plane only much higher and traveling thousands of miles an hour faster. The international space station iss has been orbiting our planet since 1998. A telescope even a cheap one makes for some very impressive viewing as the pictures below show.