@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 8 months agoAstronauts dropped a tool bag during an ISS spacewalk, and you can see it with binocularswww.space.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down13cross-posted to: becomeme
arrow-up1180arrow-down1external-linkAstronauts dropped a tool bag during an ISS spacewalk, and you can see it with binocularswww.space.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 8 months agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: becomeme
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•8 months agoI think that means it’s nearly geostationary but instead going in a 415ish km circle above the same spot on earth? Idk.
minus-squareNaibofTabrlinkfedilinkEnglish5•8 months agoGeostationary orbit is at about 35k km, the ISS is at about 400 km, so its definitely not geostationary.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•8 months agoThe ISS hauls ass across the sky, a full orbit about every hour and a half.
I think that means it’s nearly geostationary but instead going in a 415ish km circle above the same spot on earth? Idk.
Geostationary orbit is at about 35k km, the ISS is at about 400 km, so its definitely not geostationary.
The ISS hauls ass across the sky, a full orbit about every hour and a half.