ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 7:37am EDT [= epoch])
Mean altitude — 345.9 km
Apogee height – 351.5 km
Perigee height — 340.2 km
Period — 91.45 min.
Inclination (to Equator) — 51.64 deg
Eccentricity — 0.0008426
Solar Beta Angle — -51.0 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day — 15.74
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours — 70 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) — 62285
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 7:27am EDT [= epoch])
Mean altitude — 344.9 km
Apogee height – 350.0 km
Perigee height – 339.7 km
Period — 91.43 min.
Inclination (to Equator) — 51.64 deg
Eccentricity — 0.0007654
Solar Beta Angle — -29.6 deg (magnitude decreasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day — 15.75
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours — 20 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) — 62490
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 8:59am EDT [= epoch])
Mean altitude – 342.8 km
Apogee height – 346.9 km
Perigee height – 338.6 km
Period — 91.39 min.
Inclination (to Equator) — 51.64 deg
Eccentricity — 0.000616
Solar Beta Angle — 30.5 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day — 15.76
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours — 127 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) — 62727
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 7:13am EDT [= epoch])
Mean altitude — 345.9 km
Apogee height – 351.7 km
Perigee height — 340.2 km
Period — 91.46 min.
Inclination (to Equator) — 51.64 deg
Eccentricity — 0.0008585
Solar Beta Angle — -47.9 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day — 15.74
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours — 75 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) — 62269
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 8:14am EDT [= epoch])
Mean altitude — 344.7 km
Apogee height – 349.6 km
Perigee height – 339.8 km
Period — 91.43 min.
Inclination (to Equator) — 51.64 deg
Eccentricity — 0.0007345
Solar Beta Angle — -25.2 deg (magnitude decreasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day — 15.75
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours — 184 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) — 62506
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ISS Orbit (as of this noon, 11:54am EDT [= epoch])
Mean altitude — 346.6 km
Apogee height – 352.8 km
Perigee height — 340.3 km
Period — 91.47 min.
Inclination (to Equator) — 51.64 deg
Eccentricity — 0.000926
Solar Beta Angle — -13.0 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day — 15.74
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours — 69 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) — 62146
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
At... Read Full Story
NASA and its international partners have assigned five new International Space Station crews and made changes to four previously assigned station crews.
Among the newly announced crews for future station missions is the assignment of NASA astronauts Ron Garan, who was born in Yonkers, N.Y.; Mike Fossum, who grew up in McAllen, Texas; Dan Burbank, who considers Yarmouthport, Mass., his hometown; and Don Pettit, who was born in Silverton, Ore. European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers... Read Full Story
ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 8:24am EDT [= epoch])
Mean altitude — 346.9 km
Apogee height – 353.1 km
Perigee height — 340.6 km
Period — 91.47 min.
Inclination (to Equator) — 51.64 deg
Eccentricity — 0.0009323
Solar Beta Angle — 6.8 deg (magnitude decreasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day — 15.74
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours — 71 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) — 62080
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted
previously or below... Read Full Story
ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 7:46am EDT [= epoch])
Mean altitude – 345.6 km
Apogee height – 351.0 km
Perigee height – 340.1 km
Period – 91.45 min.
Inclination (to Equator) – 51.64 deg
Eccentricity – 0.0008126
Solar Beta Angle – -55.9 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day – 15.75
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours – 66 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) – 62364
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ISS Orbit (as of this morning, 8:18am EDT [= epoch])
Mean altitude — 346.3 km
Apogee height – 352.4 km
Perigee height — 340.2 km
Period — 91.46 min.
Inclination (to Equator) — 51.64 deg
Eccentricity — 0.0009049
Solar Beta Angle — -27.3 deg (magnitude increasing)
Orbits per 24-hr. day — 15.74
Mean altitude loss in the last 24 hours — 87 m
Revolutions since FGB/Zarya launch (Nov. 98) — 62191
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