International space station (ISS)

Source : NASA.gov

The international space station or ISS is a space station orbiting the earth in low earth orbit(leo). It was build as part of ISS program of five participating space agencies NASA, roscosmos, JAXA, ESA and csa.

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Launch - 20 November 1998
Launch pads - baikonur cosmosdrome, Gagarin's start and site 81
Mass - 419,725 kg
Length - 51 m
Width - 109 m
Atmospheric pressure - 101.3kpa (21% 0², nitrogen 79%)
Orbital speed- 7.66 km/s
Orbital period - 92.68 minutes
Orbital per day - 15.54 times