International Space Station (ISS) ○´｜_append｜___｜20260628174208-01-•

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Obverse view in November 2021	…
International Space Station program emblem with flags of the original signatory states1	…
Station statistics	…
COSPAR ID	1998-067A
SATCAT no.	25544
Call sign	Alpha, Station
Crew	• Size: 7 2 • Current expedition : 74 (Soyuz MS-28 & SpaceX Crew-12) • Current commander : Sergey Kud-Sverchkov (Roscosmos) • Current non-expedition: 0
Launch	20 November 19983
Launch pad	• Baikonur , Sites 1/5 , 31/6 , 81/23 and 200/39 • Cape Canaveral , SLC‑40 • Kennedy , LC‑39A and LC‑39B
Mass	450,000 kg (990,000 lb)4
Length	109 m (358 ft) (overall), 94 m (310 ft) (truss)5
Width	73 m (239 ft) (solar array)5
Pressurised volume	1,005.0 m${}^3$ (35,491 cu ft)5
Atmospheric pressure	1 atm (101.3 kPa; 14.7 psi) 79% nitrogen, 21% oxygen
Perigee altitude	413 km (256.6 mi) AMSL6
Apogee altitude	422 km (262.2 mi) AMSL6
Orbital inclination	51.64°6
Orbital speed	7.67 km/s; 27,600 km/h; 17,100 mph7
Orbital period	92.9 minutes8
Orbits per day	15.56
Orbit epoch	16 August 16:19:309
Days in orbit	27 years, 7 months, 8 days as of 28 June 2026
Days occupied	25 years, 7 months, 26 days as of 28 June 2026
No. of orbits	157,261 as of 23 June 20269
Orbital decay	2 km/month (1.2 mi/month)
Statistics as of 22 December 2022 (unless noted otherwise) References:56101112	…
Configuration	…
Station elements as of 2023 (exploded view with the names of elements coloured by country)	…

International Space Station

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Footnotes

1. “ISS logos executive summary”. www.esa.int. European Space Agency. Archived from the original on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024. ↩

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3. With the launch of the first module: Zarya ↩

4. “ISS: International Space Station”. Archived from the original on 10 August 2023. ↩

5. Garcia, Mark (5 January 2023). “About the Space Station: Facts and Figures”. NASA. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

6. Peat, Chris (21 May 2021). “ISS – Orbit”. Heavens-Above. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2021. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

7. “Live Space Station Tracking Map”. NASA. Archived from the original on 10 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024. ↩

8. Holman, Joseph (12 October 2022). “ISS (ZARYA)”. Satellite Tracking. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022. ↩

9. “ARISS TLE”. ARISS TLE. 16 August 2023. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023. ↩ ↩²

10. “On-Orbit Elements” (PDF). NASA. 18 February 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2010. ↩

11. “STS-132 Press Kit” (PDF). NASA. 7 May 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2010. ↩

12. “STS-133 FD 04 Execute Package” (PDF). NASA. 27 February 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2011. ↩