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What is the orbital altitude of the International Space Station?
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The International Space Station (ISS) orbits at an altitude of 278 to 460 km (173 to 286 miles), and orbits the Earth about once every 92 minutes.
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How many people are out in space?
There are three people currently aboard the International Space Station.
What is a well known space project that uses a gyroscope to operate other than the Hubble telescope?
one example is the Hubble Space Telescope. it has six gyroscopes:three to stay on balance and three are spares
What is a large artificial satellite in which people can live for long periods?
That'd be a Space Station. Skylab, the International Space station(ISS) and MIR, are examples of Space Stations.
What does the international space station do whilst orbiting?
Right now it is being constructed. Other than that, the station is used for scientific experiments.
What are Three telescopes that are currently collecting data in orbit around earth?
-Hubble space Telescope -International Space Station -Kepler Space Telescope
How fast is ISS moving?
At its average altitude of 220 miles and its orbital period of 91 minutes,the International Space Station is moving with an orbital speed of 17,240miles per hour.
What is the length from earth to the International Space Station?
approx 217 miles in altitude
How does the space station travels?
The International Space Station travels at orbital velocity which is 5 miles per second, or approximately 17,500 miles per hour.
How high is the space station?
The International Space Station's altitude varies from 199 miles to 215 miles or 319.6 km to 346.9 km above the Earth's surface.
Orbital velocity of the international space station?
The ISS is orbiting at around 27,743.8 km/h ((17,239.2 mph)
How long does it take for the International Space Station to orbit the earth?
==Orbital period== The International Space Station completes 15.79 orbits per day, or about one orbit every 90 minutes.
What is the orbital radius of international space station?
About 300-350km. Geostationary satellite about 36000km. Numbers for toy calculations, nothing serious.
What would happen to the International Space Station if it were moving sideways faster than orbital speed?
It would fall to Earth's surface.
Is International Space Station in the troposphere?
Yes the international space station is in the tropsphere
What is the speed international space station?
The speed of the ISS is about 28000 Km/h or about 17,000 mph at an altitude of 300 to 400 kilometres.
How many km distance from earth to NASA space station?
The ISS is maintained at an orbital altitude between 330 km (205 mi) and 435 km (270 mi).
What is the altitude of the International Space Station?
Average altitude is stated to be about 340km, though ISS loses about 100 meters daily due to atmospheric friction and it has to be boosted to higher orbit regularly.
