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Re:Timelapse of the ISS flying over Earth (High-Res) by lutorm on Sunday September 18, 2011 @07:27PM (#3011573)
Yeah, I saw that -- still couldn't. bstx's annotations look good though, in which case it flies higher than I thought. I had the scale wrong by maybe a factor of 3.
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Re:Timelapse of the ISS flying over Earth (High-Res) by mturmon on Monday September 19, 2011 @03:46AM (#3012716)
Only about 190 miles. Orbital period is 91 min. It's easy and fun to look for around sunset using the ephemeris at, e.g.,

http://www.heavens-above.com/

If it goes straight overhead, it takes only a couple of minutes horizon-to-horizon.

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