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24 May, 20:25

The international space station orbits the earth at a distance of 6,783 km from the center of the earth it travels at 7.66 km/s. Find the time it takes for the ISS to complete one orbit.

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  1. 24 May, 21:07
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    886 seconds

    Explanation:

    The circumference of the cross section of sphere of radius 6,783 km is the distance the space station has to cover for a complete orbit. The international space station orbits at about 7.66km/s. The time taken is given by distance/speed. Time taken=6783/7.66;

    Evaluating gives 885.5 seconds or about 14.8 minutes.
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