How High Is The Space Station
The space station flies at an average altitude of 248 miles 400 kilometers above earth.
How high is the space station. The international space station travels hundreds of miles above the earth but traveling there takes as long as it does to fly from new york to la. The international space station is the largest spacecraft ever built and its assembly has been ongoing for two decades its first component the russian zarya control module that provided the. Our amazing planet views from space.
The dark overlay indicates where it is nighttime in the world. Earth views recorded in hd. The map of earth below the tracker shows where the space station is flying directly above.
Earth is not shown. The international space station also orbits in this layer between 320 and 380 km 200 and 240 mi and needs to be constantly boosted because friction with the atmosphere still occurs. Expedition 18 flight engineer sandra magnus shares some of her favorite photos of earth taken from the international space station.
The iss is maintained in a nearly circular orbit with a minimum mean altitude of 330 km 205 mi and a maximum of 410 km 255 mi in the centre of the thermosphere at an inclinationof 51 6 degrees to earth s equator. In one day the station. View this video.
The tracker top map shows where the space station is right now and its path 90 minutes ago 1 5 hr and 90 minutes ahead 1 5 hr. Check out these video views of earth recorded in high definition. Live space station tracking map.