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POSITIONAcquiring signal…
LAT—
LON—
ALT—
LIVE
27,576
KM/H
ORBITAL VELOCITY
10x faster than a bullet
408
KM ALTITUDE
ABOVE EARTH
254 miles above sea level
15
SUNRISES / DAY
ORBITS EARTH EVERY 92.68 MIN
10,111
DAYS IN ORBIT
CONTINUOUSLY OCCUPIED
27.7 years
~157,104
ORBITS COMPLETED
AROUND EARTH
6.7 billion km traveled
420,000
KG MASS
TOTAL WEIGHT
926,100 lbs
International Space Station is a space station in low Earth orbit operated by NASA / Roscosmos / ESA / JAXA / CSA. Traveling at 27,576 km/h at 408 km altitude. The crew sees 15 sunrises every day. It has been in orbit for 10,111 days.
ABOUT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station in low Earth orbit. It serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory in which scientific research is conducted in astrobiology, astronomy, meteorology, physics, and other fields. The station has been continuously occupied since November 2000.
STATION SPECIFICATIONS
Dimensions109m x 73m (solar arrays)
Pressurized Volume916 m³
Crew Capacity6 astronauts
Inclination51.6°
Orbital Period92.68 min (1.54 hr)
Velocity7.66 km/s (17,135 mph)
Modules14
First Module LaunchNovember 20, 1998
CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE — 14 MODULES
1
Zarya
2
Unity
3
Zvezda
4
Destiny
5
Quest
6
Harmony
7
Columbus
8
Kibo
9
Tranquility
10
Cupola
11
Rassvet
12
BEAM
13
Nauka
14
Prichal
CURRENT CREW (9)
Oleg Kononenko
Flight Engineer
Roscosmos
Nikolai Chub
Flight Engineer
Roscosmos
Tracy Caldwell Dyson
Flight Engineer
NASA
Matthew Dominick
Flight Engineer
NASA
Michael Barratt
Flight Engineer
NASA
Jeanette Epps
Flight Engineer
NASA
Alexander Grebenkin
Flight Engineer
Roscosmos
Butch Wilmore
Flight Engineer
NASA
Sunita Williams
Flight Engineer
NASA
UPCOMING MISSIONS
RECENT MISSIONS
Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-29
Pegasus XL | Swift Boost Mission
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Project Starfall Demonstration Mission
H3 | Return to Flight Mission
H3 | Six Smallsats Mission
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34
Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-34 (95P)
Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-34 (95P)
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-24 (S.S. Steven R. Nagel)
Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-33 (94P)
Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-31 (92P)
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Axiom Space Mission 4
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-32
Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-27
Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-30 (91P)
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