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• zaphod@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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.

  spotthestation.nasa.gov/tracking_map.cfm

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  • CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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

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    • zaphod@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      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.

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• Soulg@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That is well within the range I posted, yes.

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