International space station

supergranny | 01:05 Sun 12th Aug 2007 | Science

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how fast is the ISS travelling? How far does it travel in the 5 minutes it is visible to us?

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dundurn

Its speed varies a little. It drops lower due to atmospheric drag and then has to be reboosted. Lower means faster in orbits, but an average is around 16700mph/ 26700kph. So in the 5 mins of a long pass (quite a few are shorter than that) it travels about 1390 miles or 2800 km.

dundurn

Sorry, I was brunged up in imperial - and a long time ago - make that 1390miles or about 2425km.

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Thanks a lot dundurn for your "speedy" reply!

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