ISS (ZARYA)


NORAD ID: 25544
Int'l Code: 1998-067A
Perigee: 394.3 km
Apogee: 405.1 km
Inclination: 51.6 °
Period: 92.4 minutes
Semi major axis: 6,770.7 km
Launch date: November 20, 1998
Source: International Space Station (ISS)
Comments: The International Space Station (ISS) is a joint project of five space agencies: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States), the Russian Federal Space Agency (Russian Federation), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan), the Canadian Space Agency (Canada) and the European Space Agency (Europe). It is serviced primarily by the Soyuz, Progress spacecraft units and possible private missions in near future. Last Space Shuttle mission that serviced the Space Station ended in July 2011 (Atlantis, STS-135). The ISS is expected to remain in operation until at least 2020, and potentially to 2028.


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