Where Is The Space Station

This map shows the ground track of the international space station s next orbit.
Where is the space station. The blue sections of the iss track indicate when the space station is in the earth s shadow. Space station iss viewing and sighting information schedule for your location tonight. Live space station tracking map. The space station flies at an average altitude of 248 miles 400 kilometers above earth.
Nasa united states roscosmos russia jaxa japan esa europe and csa canada. Finding the space station in the sky. The international space station iss which is used to study the effects of long term space flight on the human body as well as to provide a location to conduct a greater number and longer length of scientific studies than is possible on other space vehicles. The international space station iss is a modular space station habitable artificial satellite in low earth orbit.
The international space station orbits 248 miles 400 kilometers above earth and can be seen from the ground using a new interactive map called spot the station. At 28 800 km h it only takes 90 minutes for the weightless laboratory to make a complete circuit of earth. Astronauts working and living on the station experience 16 sunrises and sunsets each day. The crosshair marks its current position.
It is a multinational collaborative project between five participating space agencies. As of 2020 one fully operational and permanently inhabited space station is in low earth orbit. The map of earth below the tracker shows where the space station is flying directly above. 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.
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