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 0.998 astronomical units from the Sun.
This page is about International Space Station itself. For where it is in the sky tonight, how far from the Sun it currently appears and when to look, see Where is the ISS right now.
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
- 149,345,153 km (0.998 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 1 seconds
The mission
- Status
- Operational
- Operator
- NASA / Roscosmos / ESA / JAXA / CSA
- Launched
- 1998
- Operating
- Earth Orbit