2006-07-09 00:52:01 · 5 answers · asked by Sluggo 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
skylab crashed to earth about 20 years ago
2006-07-09 00:55:45 · answer #1 · answered by greengunge 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mission Name: Skylab
Call Sign: Skylab
Launch: May 14, 1973
17:30:00 UTC
Cape Canaveral
Complex 39A
Reentry: July 11, 1979
16:37:00 UTC
near Perth, Australia
Crews: 3
Occupied: 171 days
In Orbit: 2,249 days
Number of
Orbits: 34,981
Apogee: 274.6 mi (442 km)
Perigee: 269.7 mi (434 km)
Period: 93.4 min
Inclination 50 deg
Distance
Traveled: ~890,000,000 mi
(~1,400,000,000 km)
Orbital Mass: 77,088 kg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab
2006-07-09 00:56:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Per above, Skylab crashed a long time ago. The International Space Station (ISS), which IS currently up there, is about 212 miles up, to be exact, it's here:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html
2006-07-09 01:22:35 · answer #3 · answered by metallhd62 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'd say that skylab is probably right up against the earth, since it fell out of orbit over 20 years ago
2006-07-15 22:08:45 · answer #4 · answered by noodle_212 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
212 miles
2006-07-09 00:55:52 · answer #5 · answered by Pobept 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋