ISS orbit is 408km.
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AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 5 months ago
400 km?
navi@lemmy.tespia.org 5 months ago
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
No, it currently is at an altitude of 426km (was at 423km when I started writing), the orbit isn’t at a fixed altitude though, it varies, and the residual atmosphere causes drag which means every once in a while the orbit has to be adjusted.
CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
My favorite fact about the ISS is that it actually has an engine to do its own orbital boosts. Astronauts have taken videos where they slowly drift from one side of the cabin to the other during a burn
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 5 months ago
Yeah, but as far as I know at least in the past they usually used Soyuz or Progress spacecraft for orbit boosts. Videos of it are very cool.
Soulg@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
That is well within the range I posted, yes.
praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
But that’s shorter than Texas! How hard can it be!
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
Valid, but I hate your texas analogy.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Texas is nearly 4,000 miles tall. We just hang out on the surface.
Soulg@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
The ISS orbits at web altitude between 360-440 km
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 5 months ago
People are complaining about pics from the ISS? I thought they must be talking about Mars or something. ISS pics are usually amazing.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Even the Mars pics are great these days. There are some awesome photos over at !perseverancerover@lemmy.world.
jaykay@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Ooo not that far, I might take a bike trip
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Get some grippy tires.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
jump good