Spacecraft distance from Earth
International Space Station
International Space Station is about 261 miles from Earth.
Updated Friday 11:22 PM ET.
Distance from Earth, right now
About 261 miles
420 km. A typical height, not a live position.
Signal time to Earth0.001 seconds
LaunchedNov 20, 1998 (27 years ago)
StatusActive
The view from the Space Station
About
Home to astronauts, circling Earth about every 90 minutes, about 260 miles up.
Nearby on the scoreboard
- The Moon243,108 miles, farther
Distances and asteroid data courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech (Horizons and the Center for Near Earth Object Studies). The Space Station’s distance is its typical height. Space Scoreboard is not affiliated with NASA, JPL or Caltech.