The International Space Station is currently visible to people across India. NASA shared detail indicate that the ISS can be viewed with bare eyes from various Indian cities Between May 8 and May 23. “The International space station circles the earth every 90 minutes giving the astronauts on board 16 sunrise and sunsets every day. As the International Space Station considered to be the “third brightest object in night sky”. It circles the earth every 90 minutes giving the astronauts on board 16 sunrise and sunsets every day, the massive station travels at a speed of approximately 28,000 km per hour.
“The space station is visible because it reflects the light of the sun the same reason we can see the moon. However, unlike the moon the space station isn’t bright enough to see during the day. It can only be seen when it is dawn or dusk at your location as such, it can range from one sighting opportunity a month to several a week, since it has to be both dark where you are and the space station has to happen to going overhead”, the NASA website adds.
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According to the NASA space station tracking ebrieties is visible for an approximate 80 km radius around each of listed locations. In Delhi, May 11 for three minutes starting at 3:23 am, followed by six minutes from 4:58 am and another seven minutes starting from 7:59 am. On May 12 for seven minutes starting at 4:09 am and another two minutes starting from 8:48pm.
May 13 for the minutes starting at 3:23 am followed by three minutes from 4:58 am another five minutes starting from 7:57 am. In Mumbai May 11 for six minutes starting at 5:00 am and another six minutes from 7:56 pm. May 12 for three minutes starting from 4:12 am. May 13 for seven minutes starting from 4:57 am. And in Bengaluru May 11 for six minutes starting at 5:02 am and another two minutes starting from 7:58 pm May 12 for three minutes starting at 4:14 am and another five minutes starting from 7:07 pm May 13 for six minutes starting from 4:59 am. And May 14 for two minutes starting from 4:14 am.
The colossal structure reflects sunlight and appears as a bright white pinpoint of light in the sky. According to NASA, “the ISS will typically be the brightest object in the sky (except for the moon), and can even be spotted from the middle of a city”. “The International space station’s trajectory passes over more than 90% of earth’s population” according to the statement from NASA.
If the 51.6 digress is beyond north or south of the equator the ISS will never appear directly overhead. The ISS flyover along with how long it is visible, the maximum height it will reach in the sky and which direction it will reach in the sky and which direction it will appear and disappear from the view. Thought its worth nothing only gets NASA’s spot the station alerts when the ISS is passing over with a maximum height of a least 40 degrees, this because the ISS will above most landscapes at this height.
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As the ISS is a large and maintained in low earth orbit by collaboration with 5 space agencies and their contractors with NASA, Roscosmos, JAXA, ESA and CSA. Its primary purpose is to perform microgravity and space environment experiments. Also, the ISS is expected to have additional modules before being de-orbited by dedication NASA spacecraft in January 2031.