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 International Space Station (ISS) flies around the earth in a near circular orbit. The current altitude for that orbit is somewhere around 250 nautical miles. Given that altitude, the period, or time for one orbit is approximately 90 minutes...