International Space Station

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International Space Station

Real-time tracking of the ISS

Telemetry

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Live Position

The ISS completes an orbit around Earth every 90 minutes

About the ISS

Key facts about the International Space Station

Dimensions

Length: 109m, Width: 73m, Mass: 420,000 kg

Orbit

Altitude: 400km, Speed: 28,000 km/h

Construction

First module launched in 1998, continuously inhabited since 2000

Crew

Typically 6-7 astronauts from various space agencies

The International Space Station is a modular space station in low Earth orbit. It's a multinational collaborative project involving NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada). The ISS serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory where scientific research is conducted in astrobiology, astronomy, meteorology, physics, and other fields.