Operational
International Space Station
Assembled in orbit from modules launched by multiple nations, the ISS serves as a microgravity research laboratory roughly the size of a football field. It circles Earth about every 92 minutes at ~420 km, crewed continuously for over two decades.
Technical specifications
CATEGORY
Space Station
TYPE
Station
COUNTRY
International
OPERATOR
NASA · Roscosmos · ESA · JAXA · CSA
LAUNCH DATE
Nov 20, 1998
LAUNCH SITE
Baikonur Cosmodrome
ORBIT CLASS
LEO
ALTITUDE · KM
419
ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN
92.95
INCLINATION · DEG
51.63
APOGEE · KM
422
PERIGEE · KM
416
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