Crewed Space Station
International Space Station
International Space Station is currently about 6,791 kilometres from Earth, or 0.000 astronomical units, which puts a one-way radio signal 1 seconds out. It is 1.010 astronomical units from the Sun.
A continuously inhabited research laboratory orbiting about 400 km above Earth, crewed without interruption since November 2000. Operations are planned through 2030.
Circles Earth every 92 minutes at 27,600 km/h, completing about 16 orbits a day.
Right now
- Distance from Earth
- 6,791 km (0.000 AU)
- Distance from the Sun
- 151,149,100 km (1.010 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 1 seconds
The mission
- Status
- Operational
- Operator
- NASA / Roscosmos / ESA / JAXA / CSA
- Launched
- 1998
- Operating
- Earth Orbit