The ISS orbit is set at around 220 miles above Earth to balance the need for accessibility to astronauts and equipment with the challenges of surviving in low Earth orbit, such as exposure to radiation and orbital debris. This altitude allows for easier resupply missions, communication with mission control, and proximity to Earth for crew safety in case of emergency.
Your weight would be slightly less at a height of 200 miles above Earth due to the increase in distance from the planet's center. However, the change in weight would be very minimal and would not be noticeable in this scenario.
The International Space Station orbits Earth at an average altitude of about 420 kilometers (261 miles) above the surface.
The ISS (International Space Station) orbits at an altitude of approximately 350 kilometres (220 miles) above the surface of the Earth, travelling at an average speed of 27,724 kilometres (17,227 mi) per hour, completing 15.7 orbits per day. See related link for more information.
It is about 350 kilometres or 220 miles up.
A space shuttle can travel at speeds of up to 17,500 miles per hour (28,000 kilometers per hour) in orbit around the Earth.
Do you mean the length of such an orbit ?Well . . .-- The radius of the Earth is about 3,960 miles.-- 220 miles further out means that the radius of the orbit is 4,180 miles.-- The circumference of a circle is (2 pi) x (the radius).-- So the length of the orbit is (8,360 pi) = 26,264 miles. (rounded)
About 350 kilometres (220 mi) above the surface of the Earth.
Any object can remain in orbit around the earth indefinitely, at any distance from the earth's surface, so long as it remains above any part of the atmosphere thick enough to slow it down. Long duration orbiting behavior is possible anywhere above about 220 kilometers (140 miles) above the surface, out to millions of miles.The International Space Station orbits at a nearly constant altitude of about 240 kilometers. TV satellites orbit at a distance of about 22,400 miles. The moon ... earth's only natural satellite, orbits at an average distance of about 238,000 miles.Rather than ask for a description of the region in which satellites CAN operate, it would be much more informative to talk about the region where satellites CAN'T operate. It's much smaller.
Your weight would be slightly less at a height of 200 miles above Earth due to the increase in distance from the planet's center. However, the change in weight would be very minimal and would not be noticeable in this scenario.
The International Space Station orbits Earth at an average altitude of about 420 kilometers (261 miles) above the surface.
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The ISS (International Space Station) orbits at an altitude of approximately 350 kilometres (220 miles) above the surface of the Earth, travelling at an average speed of 27,724 kilometres (17,227 mi) per hour, completing 15.7 orbits per day. See related link for more information.
It is about 350 kilometres or 220 miles up.
A space shuttle can travel at speeds of up to 17,500 miles per hour (28,000 kilometers per hour) in orbit around the Earth.
The orbit of the International Space Station decays over time and has to be boosted periodically. It tends to be about 220 Miles but solar activity can make it loose altitude be increasing atmospheric drag.
It depends on how high the satellite's orbit is.Kepler's Third Law states that the further away a satellite is from its parent body, the longer its orbit takes. (This same law explains why our planet circles the Sun faster than, say, Jupiter.) Some examples:Geosynchronous (and geostationary) satellites, which lie about 22,200 miles above the Earth's surface, by definition take exactly one full day to complete one orbit.The International Space Station, by contrast, is only about 220 miles away -- 1/100th the distance -- and completes an orbit in just over 90 minutes.At the opposite extreme, our moon takes 27.3 days to orbit the Earth, from a whopping average of 239,000 miles away.
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