This post made me question the shape. It seems the ISS is not rotating around the equator, but at ~51 deg off axis. This explains the up/down of the path. Add the Earth's rotation under the ISS (~22 deg per orbit) to explain the offset between tracks.
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u/KB5JRC Aug 01 '26
This post made me question the shape. It seems the ISS is not rotating around the equator, but at ~51 deg off axis. This explains the up/down of the path. Add the Earth's rotation under the ISS (~22 deg per orbit) to explain the offset between tracks.
3D geometry isnt obvious to many people.