I know that the closer you are to earth, the faster you have to travel to orbit the earth. So how high is the International Space Station? P.S: If you haven't seen Astronaut Farmer w/ Billy Bob Thorton, go see it....its a good, motivational/inspirational movie...I think!
2007-02-27 07:13:01 · 4 answers · asked by texcjb 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Taken from NASA's own website.
ISS is 240 statute miles (390 kilometers) above the surface of the Earth, traveling at a speed of 17,500 miles per hour.
2007-02-27 07:51:07 · answer #1 · answered by J.J. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the space station orbits Earth about every 90 minutes, so that means in a 24 hour day, the space station orbits approximately 16 times.
2007-02-27 07:32:50 · answer #2 · answered by Class of '09 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know how high it is but the average spacecraft orbits at 17500mph.
http://groups.google.com/group/neat-astronomy?hl=en
2007-02-27 08:39:42 · answer #3 · answered by chase 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has an average speed of 27,685.7 km/h or 17,165.1 mi/h .Its altitude is from 352.8 km to 354.2 km.
2007-02-27 07:47:21 · answer #4 · answered by Jelo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋