ISS Simulation Shows Station Racing at 17,150 mph, Circling Earth in 90 Minutes
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Updated · Supercar Blondie · Jul 15
ISS Simulation Shows Station Racing at 17,150 mph, Circling Earth in 90 Minutes
1 articles · Updated · Supercar Blondie · Jul 15
Summary
A ground-level simulation of the International Space Station stunned viewers by showing how quickly the orbiting lab would streak past at 17,150 miles per hour.
At that speed, the ISS completes a trip around Earth in about 90 minutes, a comparison the simulation used to make its orbital velocity easier to grasp.
The visualization placed the station roughly 10,000 feet above the ground, turning an abstract spaceflight figure into a near-eye-level pass that drew shocked reactions online.
The reaction taps into renewed interest in extreme-speed simulations, following recent viral visualizations of Mach 50 flight and travel around Earth at light speed.
The ISS itself has been assembled in orbit since 1998, with continuous human presence aboard since November 2000.