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Satellite Programme:
International Space Station
Programme details
Programme description
Very large facility permanently in space.
Multilateral responsibility shared by NASA, Roscosmos, ESA, JAXA and CSA. Many elements contributed by many other space agencies.
Structured in several modules, some manned, serviced in orbit.
The structure is actively stabilised over 3 axis, but each payload has its own stabilisation system.
The structure is intended to be used for at least 20 years. The first element was placed in orbit in 1998. Other modules are progressively added.
The orbit altitude is around 400 km, lowered or increased at instances. The inclination is 51.6°.
See detailed description, for instance, at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html.
Data circulation
Specifically arranged for each payload.
Agencies
NASA
, CSA , ESA , JAXA , Roscosmos
Programme lifetime
2009 - 2027
Associated satellites and instruments
Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational
, blue tag => planned
International Space Station
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 released
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 was released including new features related to Gap Analysis and satellite status information. With version 2.6 OSCAR/Space has a new URL; https://space.oscar.wmo.int . Please read more via the link here .