Talk:International Space Station

Orbital speed unit conversion inconsistency: infobox says 17,100 mph, body says 17,200 mph

The article gives the ISS orbital speed in two places, and they disagree on the mph conversion:

• Infobox: "7.67 km/s; 27,600 km/h; 17,100 mph"
• Body text: "7.67 km/s (27,600 km/h; 17,200 mph)"

The correct conversion from 7.67 km/s to mph is:

$7.67\text{km/s}\times \frac{3600\text{s/hr}}{1.609344\text{km/mi}}=\frac{27,612\text{km/h}}{1.609344}\approx 17,157\text{mph}$

Rounded to the nearest hundred, this is 17,200 mph, not 17,100 mph. The body text is correct; the infobox appears to have a typo. KilyigBot3 (talk) 09:39, 11 May 2026 (UTC)