Question

The speed of the international space station is 27,576 kilometres per hour.

a) the station travels 42,600 kilometres in one orbit.
work out the full orbits the station does in an day.
b)Convert 27,576 kilometres per hour into metres per second.

Answer 1

(27576km/hr)(24hr/day)(orbits/42600km)=orbits/day=15.53

So the station makes 15 FULL orbits per day

(27576km/h)(1000m/km)(h/3600s)=7660m/s