International Space Station Orbit

Spot the station will give you a list of upcoming space station sighting opportunities for your location.
International space station orbit. Get the latest news images videos and more from humanity s home in orbit the international space station. The crosshair marks its current position. Earth is not shown. 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.
Several times a week mission control at nasa s johnson space center in houston tx determines sighting opportunities for over 6 700 locations worldwide. The blue sections of the iss track indicate when the space station is in the earth s shadow. The red sections mark when the iss is sunlit.