Question
Download Solution PDFEach orbit of International Space Station (ISS) takes _______ minutes.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Option 3.
Key Points
- The International Space Station (ISS) completes an orbit around the Earth approximately every 90 to 93 minutes.
- This high speed means the crew members aboard the ISS witness about 15-16 sunrises and sunsets every day.
- The International Space Station (ISS) is a multi-nation construction project that is the largest single structure humans have ever put into space.
- Its main construction was completed between 1998 and 2011, although the station continually evolves to include new missions and experiments.
Additional Information
- The orbit of the ISS is inclined at about 51.6 degrees to the equator, which allows it to be reached by the launch vehicles of all the international partners to provide a fair amount of coverage of the Earth's surface.
- It is a 'low Earth orbit', which means it's in the lowest part of Earth's outermost atmosphere.
- The ISS doesn't stay in a fixed orbit.
- It is gradually pulled back towards Earth due to atmospheric drag, so it needs occasional 'reboosts' to maintain its altitude.
- These reboosts are usually done by docked spacecraft like the Russian Progress cargo ships.
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