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.
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
400 km?
The ISS orbits at an altitude between 360-440 km
The generally accepted “border” between space and earth is the Karman line which is only about 100km up
People are complaining about pics from the ISS? I thought they must be talking about Mars or something. ISS pics are usually amazing.
Even the Mars pics are great these days. There are some awesome photos over at !perseverancerover@lemmy.world.
Ooo not that far, I might take a bike trip
Get some grippy tires.
jump good
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Valid, but I hate your texas analogy.
Texas is nearly 4,000 miles tall. We just hang out on the surface.
ISS orbit is 408km.
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.
https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/tracking_map.cfm
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
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.
That is well within the range I posted, yes.