Latest News About Where Does The International Space Station Orbit

Updated 2026-04-28 13:01

Here’s the latest on ISS orbiting location.

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If you’d like, I can fetch a current pass over Newark with exact times and altitude, or summarize recent ISS news releases from NASA for context about ongoing experiments and station operations.[7][2]

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The first shuttle flight after the arrival of the Zvezda was approved to take place within a month after the service module's arrival. That STS-106 crew will be commanded by Terry Wilcutt with Scott Altman serving as pilot. Mission specialists include Dan Burbank, Rick Mastracchio, Ed Lu, Yuri Malenchenko, and Boris Morukov. The International Space Station is in an orbit of 237 by 226 statute miles. Since the launch of Zarya in 1998, the ISS has completed more than 7,227 orbits.

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