How fast does the Hubble Space Telescope orbit?
17,001 mphAbout 27,360 km/h · Orbit
About 17,000 mph (27,000 km/h), once around Earth every 95 minutes.
That's about 490 times a red kangaroo's top speed of about 35 mph (56 km/h).
🔭17,001 mph
✈️an F-22
By speed: Hubble is about 11× faster than an F-22.
Things about as fast
- How fast is sound in steel?13,332 mph
- How fast do earthquake P-waves travel?13,422 mph
- How fast was the DART spacecraft when it hit an asteroid?13,735 mph
- How fast is the International Space Station?17,150 mph
- How fast did the Space Shuttle orbit?17,398 mph
- How fast did Sputnik 1 orbit?17,895 mph
- How fast does Saturn orbit the Sun?21,654 mph
- How fast was Deep Impact's impactor?22,817 mph
Many real things vary, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].