At the International space station a new experiment has been launched - High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV). 4 HD cameras were installed on the ISS; the satellite broadcasts the image online in real time. Everyone can feel like an astronaut and look at our planet from space!
HD cameras are sealed in a temperature-controlled housing. While the experiment is in operation, views are typically sequential, albeit from different cameras. Between switching cameras, appears gray, or black background. When the ISS is in shadow, the video may be interrupted, keep an eye on the map to stay informed. Analysis of this experiment will be conducted to evaluate the impact of the space environment on hardware and video quality for future missions.
A dark screen means the International Space Station is on the night side of planet Earth. If you see a gray background in the video, it means that switching between cameras is currently taking place, or communication with the ISS is not available.
Enjoy watching!
Planet Earth from satellite in real time
Earth map online
Below on the map you can see online where the ISS is currently located in the orbit and, accordingly, what the cameras on it are broadcasting.
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International Space Station ISS online— web cameras with real-time sound, unique broadcasts from web cameras installed on the ISS, an interactive panorama of the Columbus module, which is part of the ISS, and incredible quality 3D photography of the Milky Way.
ISS webcams online in real time
If there is a blue screen instead of broadcasting, the broadcasting is temporarily stopped due to lack of communication with the station.
When switching to another camera, do not forget to stop viewing!
ISS camera ISS2 camera
Other ISS webcams
ISS orbit online
ISS flight path, real-time location, ISS orbit altitude and flight speed.
3D panorama of the ISS station
Interactive 3D tour of the International Space Station of the Columbus module, part of the ISS.
Space, Earth and the ISS from the first person - INSTAGRAM; ISS, NASA, ROSCOSMOS
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ISS inside - panorama
ISS webcam - space online in real time
Earth online— video broadcast is carried out directly from several ISS cameras. It is possible to see astronauts going into outer space. Basically, only part of the station is visible and the earth from the satellite is floating in the background.
ISS webcam periodically changes direction.
Technical characteristics of the ISS
- Weight: 417,289 kg
Length: 109 m (as of 10/01/2012)
Width: 51 m (as of 10/01/2012), 73.15 m (with trusses)
Height: 27.4 m (as of 02/22/2007)
Living volume: 916 m³ Temperature: ~26.9 °C (average)
Power: 110 kW
Station flight data Perigee: 413 km Apogee: 420 km Inclination: 51°,63°
Orbit altitude: 337-430 km
Orbital speed: ~7.6 km/s
Circulation period: 92 minutes 54 seconds (as of 07/19/2013)
Turnovers per day: 15.49 (as of 07/19/2013)
Total turnover: 103005 (as of 10/16/2016)
Distance traveled: ~4,354,666,848
I often come across interesting views of the Earth from space. It’s somehow not interesting to publish them separately, but by putting some effort and putting them together, you can get a very informative note. In fact, the photographs were collected and remembered for at least two years. So, I think this is one of the most detailed materials on this topic. All images are clickable.
Earthrise(Earthrise) - the title of a photograph of our planet taken by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the flight spaceship Apollo 8 around the Moon. Perhaps the most famous view of the earth from space.
Blue ball(Blue Marble) is a photograph of planet Earth taken on December 7, 1972 by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft from a distance of approximately 29 thousand kilometers from the Earth’s surface.
In 2002, NASA stitched together from a huge number of images new version famous photograph.
This is currently available.
Distant Earth and Moon. The photograph was taken on September 18, 1977 by Voyager 1 from a distance of 11.5 million kilometers.
And this is a composite image collected from photographs of the Galileo spacecraft.
The image is a composite of 165 photographs taken by the Cassini spacecraft on September 15, 2006. Our planet is a point on the top right in the void between the dense rings and the penultimate ring.
Pale blue dot(Pale Blue Dot). Earth as seen by Voyager 1 from a record distance of 5.9 billion kilometers. (Dot on the right side of the top line)
Niger River, Republic of Mali.
The sun rises over the Pacific Ocean.
The image is a composite of four photographs taken by ESA's OSIRIS space camera.
No matter how usual it is to see the northern lights from below, from the Earth, from space they look much more spectacular.
Russian space station Mir over the Earth. Photo taken from the Atlantis shuttle in June 1995.
The photo shows the shadow of the moon over Cyprus and Turkey. This is complete solar eclipse happened on March 29, 2006.
NASA astronaut Robert L. Stewart soars above the clouds. Photo taken from the Challenger shuttle in February 1984.
Planet earth reflected in the helmet of astronaut Clayton C. Anderson on August 15, 2007.
And earlier I showed you the most beautiful and stunning ones.
To observe the Earth's surface for free and view satellite images online, you can use several applications. In Russia, two of them are most popular: Google Maps and Yandex Maps. Both services boast good quality satellite images high resolution most countries.
Yandex maps is an online application from Russian developers, so Russian cities are more accurately detailed in it. It has built-in functionality for viewing traffic load data (large settlements), demographic and geodata. Google maps contain no less high-quality satellite images of the territory of the Russian Federation, but data on land plots and traffic are available only for the USA.
View a map of Planet Earth from satellite online
Below you can see the Google map built into the site. For more stable operation of the plugin, we recommend using a browser Google Chrome. If you see an error message, please update the specified plugin and then reload the page.
Watch Google Earth from satellite, in real time online:
Another advantage of Google Maps is the presence of a client application for working with satellite images. This means that the service can be accessed not only through a browser, but also through a pre-downloaded program. It has many more opportunities for viewing and studying satellite images and working with a three-dimensional virtual globe.
A 3D satellite map from Google (a downloadable application, not an online version) allows you to:
- use a quick search for the desired objects by name or coordinates;
- take screenshots and record high quality videos;
- work offline (preliminary synchronization via the Internet is required);
- use a flight simulator for more convenient movement between objects;
- save “favorite places” to quickly move between them;
- view not only the Earth's surface, but also images of other celestial bodies(Mars, Moon, etc.).
Work with satellite maps Google can be done through a client application or browser. A plugin is available on the official page of the program that allows you to use interactive map on any web resource. It is enough to embed its address in the site’s program code. For display, you can select either the entire surface or a specific area (you will have to enter the coordinates). Management - using computer mouse and keyboard (ctrl+mouse wheel to zoom, cursor to move) or using the icons indicated on the map (“plus” - zoom in, “minus” - zoom out, move with the cursor).
The Google Earth service in real time allows you to work with several types of maps, each of which reflects certain data on satellite images. It’s convenient to switch between them “without losing progress” (the program remembers where you “were”). Available viewing modes:
- landscape map from satellite ( geographical features, features of the Earth's surface);
- physical map(detailed satellite images of the surface, cities, streets, their names);
- schematic geographical map for a more accurate study of surface images.
The satellite image is automatically loaded at the point of approach, so a stable Internet connection is required for operation. To use Google Earth offline, you need to download an application for Windows or another operating system. Its operation also requires the Internet, but only for the first launch, after which the program synchronizes all the necessary data (satellite images of the surface, 3D models of buildings, names of geographical and other objects) after which it will be possible to work with the received data without direct access to the Internet.
1. In the photo - the mouth of the Betsibuka River in the northwestern part of the island of Madagascar. The photo was taken on March 8, 2005 by a member of the ISS-10 crew who worked on the ISS from October 16, 2004 to April 24, 2005.
2. The picture shows Hurricane Dean- the strongest tropical cyclone of the Atlantic hurricane season. Photo taken on August 18, 2007 by crew members on the space shuttle Endeavor.
3. October 5−13, 1984 - view of the Great Himalayas from the southwest. The photography covers the territories of India, Pakistan and China. The photo was taken during the 6th flight of the Challenger shuttle by one of the crew members.
4. Great lakes, located in North America. Lake Ontario is in the foreground, and the city of Detroit is in the center of the image. The photo was taken during the 19th space flight of Discovery in September 1994.
5. Cleveland Volcano Eruption on Chuginadak Island, North America. The photo was taken on May 23, 2006 by members of the thirteenth long-term crew of the International Space Station ISS-13.
6. Flying over Madagascar. This photo is the most recent in our collection: it was taken by cosmonaut Ricky Arnold, who on March 21 of this year launched as flight engineer 2 of the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft together with Oleg Artemyev and Andrew Feistel. Two days later, the ship docked with the Russian segment of the ISS.
7. And this one is famous The shot was taken from a distance of 29,000 kilometers back in 1972 by the crew of the Apollo 17 mission. The image is called Blue Marble and shows the Earth fully illuminated by the Sun.
