verb preÂ·heat \(Ë)prÄ-ËhÄt\. : to heat (an oven) to a particular temperature before putting food to be cooked inside. See words that rhyme with preheat Spanish Central: Translation of preheat Nglish: Translation of preheat for Spanish speakers.
The International Space Station travels in orbit around Earth at a speed of roughly 17,150 miles per hour (that's about 5 miles per second!). This means that the Space Station orbits Earth (and sees a sunrise) once every 92 minutes!
The ISS maintains an orbit with an altitude of between 330 and 435 km (205 and 270 mi) by means of reboost manoeuvres using the engines of the Zvezda module or visiting spacecraft. It completes 15.54 orbits per day.