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The space station, the quickest ADS-B airplane, and the strongest gust a weather station has reported in the last hour. These are live readings, not records.
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The space station, the quickest ADS-B airplane, and the strongest gust a weather station has reported in the last hour. These are live readings, not records.
Reading the live feeds.
In orbit
Observed 1 min ago
Schematic ground track for a 51.6° orbit. The dot is the live position.
Currently over Balochistan, Pakistan
7.66km/s17,130mph
Once around Earth in 1 h 27 minIn the air
Observed 3 min ago
CKS253 a97639
1,060km/h659mph294.519m/s572knMach0.87
London to New York in 5 h 15 minThe number is ground speed, so a jet-stream tailwind counts. Only aircraft broadcasting ADS-B are included. Military jets often are not. Samples are 250 nautical mile circles over North Atlantic, United States, Europe and East Asia.
On the ground
Observed 59 min ago
Pensacola Intl, FL, US
KPNS
135km/h84.0mph37.6m/s73kn
3.6× Usain Bolt's 100 m world-record paceSustained wind in the same report 77.8km/h48.3mph21.6m/s42kn
30.5° N, 87.2° W
Strongest gust reported by weather stations in the last hour. Aviation METAR stations, not a guaranteed maximum for every anemometer on Earth.
Under your feet
From the spin of the Earth at your latitude
1,283km/h797mph356.288m/s693knMach1.05
London to New York in 4 h 21 minApproximate latitude from the network, not a precise fix.
Earth orbiting the Sun, the same for everyone
29.78km/s66,620mph
2.7 laps of Earth an hourOptional
Observed 35 min ago
Hurricane Isaias
Atlantic · fastest of 3 active · moving N
30.6km/h19mph8.5m/s16.5kn
81% of Usain Bolt's 100 m world-record paceMaximum sustained wind 167km/h104mph46.3m/s90kn
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