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Unbelievable video demonstrating speed of the ISS is blowing people’s minds

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Updated 18:11 28 Oct 2023 GMT+1Published 17:58 28 Oct 2023 GMT+1

Unbelievable video demonstrating speed of the ISS is blowing people’s minds

A simulation showing the speed at which the International Space Station (ISS) moves has stunned viewers.

Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard Kaonga

It is pretty widely agreed that things moving in space move rather quickly, but a video showing how fast the International Space Station (ISS) moves has been stunning viewers.

The video, that has been viewed more than 700,000 times since being posted on YouTube in 2022, begins by showing a simulation of the ISS in space.

The space station moves at an average speed of 17,150mi/h (27,600km/h) as it orbits the planet. This is an estimated equivalent of going at Mach 22.3. For context, the speed of sound travels at Mach 1.

Now, the most interesting part of the video is seeing how fast the station would be moving if it were at ground level. The owner of the video, YouTube channel Airplane Mode, said this simulation was done using Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.

The video shows a first-person view of what it would be like to move at Mach 22 speeds through New York City. Zipping past the large body of water to reach the city in just over a second.

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The ISS would be able to blitz through the entirety of New York city in under three seconds, illustrating the unbelievable speeds the station is moving at in space.

The simulation also shows how quickly the station would be moving over mountain ranges across the globe.

The video shows a first-person view of what it would be like to move at Mach 22 speeds.
Airplane Mode/YouTube

For added context, the clip also shows comparatively how slow something moving at the speed of sound would travel at through the city.

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“This really puts into perspective how slow sound actually is, this is crazy stuff,” one YouTuber commented.

“I think it's crazy that we as humans made an object go that fast. I bet Newton would be pretty shocked to hear we actually went fast enough to orbit Earth like he theorized back when the fastest vehicles were sailing ships,” another remarked.

“Manhattan came and went in less than two seconds. Ha, that’s insane,” one user wrote.

The ISS would be able to blitz through the entire of New York city in under three seconds.
Airplane Mode/YouTube

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“I have seen the ISS fly over on many late night dog walks and have often wondered how fast it would be going ‘for us.’ Well, now we know. Awesome video man!

“This really emphasizes the fact that all an orbit is is going so fast that by the time you start to fall towards the planet, the floor just curves and you're back where you started,” another amazed YouTuber wrote.

Despite the rapid speed the ISS is moving at, it still takes the station 90-93 minutes to orbit the Earth, highlighting just how massive our blue planet is.

Featured Image Credit: Credit: airplanemode101/YouTube

Topics: International Space Station, News, Space, Science, YouTube

Gerrard Kaonga
Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard is a Journalist at UNILAD and has dived headfirst into covering everything from breaking global stories to trending entertainment news. He has a bachelors in English Literature from Brunel University and has written across a number of different national and international publications. Most notably the Financial Times, Daily Express, Evening Standard and Newsweek.

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