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I still haven't found the official size of the ISS pizza boxpizza box[1] and a search on the WEB doesn't help:

"30 miles deep and 30 miles long around the space station": https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3dkpyn/international-space-station-dodge-space-junk

"two kilometers above and below the station and 25 kilometers cross-track and down-track": https://arstechnica.com/science/2013/07/how-nasa-steers-the-international-space-station-around-space-junk/

"±25 km in the direction of motion, ±25 km perpendicular to the direction of motion, and ±0.5 km radially from the ISS as it flies in orbit": https://books.google.de/books?id=9mseNE1wkLMC&pg=PA145&lpg=PA145#v=onepage&q&f=false

"0.75 kilometers above and below the station and 25 kilometers on each side": https://www.universetoday.com/92571/iss-will-do-manuever-friday-to-avoid-collision-with-satellite-debris/

Is there any official size?

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[1]Pizza box: a safety region around the ISS. Please, see the 3rd link page 145 for an authoritative definition, which, in fact, answers my question (from that preview I didn't realize it was published by NASA).

I still haven't found the official size of the ISS pizza box and a search on the WEB doesn't help:

"30 miles deep and 30 miles long around the space station": https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3dkpyn/international-space-station-dodge-space-junk

"two kilometers above and below the station and 25 kilometers cross-track and down-track": https://arstechnica.com/science/2013/07/how-nasa-steers-the-international-space-station-around-space-junk/

"±25 km in the direction of motion, ±25 km perpendicular to the direction of motion, and ±0.5 km radially from the ISS as it flies in orbit": https://books.google.de/books?id=9mseNE1wkLMC&pg=PA145&lpg=PA145#v=onepage&q&f=false

"0.75 kilometers above and below the station and 25 kilometers on each side": https://www.universetoday.com/92571/iss-will-do-manuever-friday-to-avoid-collision-with-satellite-debris/

Is there any official size?

I still haven't found the official size of the ISS pizza box[1] and a search on the WEB doesn't help:

"30 miles deep and 30 miles long around the space station": https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3dkpyn/international-space-station-dodge-space-junk

"two kilometers above and below the station and 25 kilometers cross-track and down-track": https://arstechnica.com/science/2013/07/how-nasa-steers-the-international-space-station-around-space-junk/

"±25 km in the direction of motion, ±25 km perpendicular to the direction of motion, and ±0.5 km radially from the ISS as it flies in orbit": https://books.google.de/books?id=9mseNE1wkLMC&pg=PA145&lpg=PA145#v=onepage&q&f=false

"0.75 kilometers above and below the station and 25 kilometers on each side": https://www.universetoday.com/92571/iss-will-do-manuever-friday-to-avoid-collision-with-satellite-debris/

Is there any official size?

EDIT

[1]Pizza box: a safety region around the ISS. Please, see the 3rd link page 145 for an authoritative definition, which, in fact, answers my question (from that preview I didn't realize it was published by NASA).

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Any official size for the ISS pizza box?

I still haven't found the official size of the ISS pizza box and a search on the WEB doesn't help:

"30 miles deep and 30 miles long around the space station": https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3dkpyn/international-space-station-dodge-space-junk

"two kilometers above and below the station and 25 kilometers cross-track and down-track": https://arstechnica.com/science/2013/07/how-nasa-steers-the-international-space-station-around-space-junk/

"±25 km in the direction of motion, ±25 km perpendicular to the direction of motion, and ±0.5 km radially from the ISS as it flies in orbit": https://books.google.de/books?id=9mseNE1wkLMC&pg=PA145&lpg=PA145#v=onepage&q&f=false

"0.75 kilometers above and below the station and 25 kilometers on each side": https://www.universetoday.com/92571/iss-will-do-manuever-friday-to-avoid-collision-with-satellite-debris/

Is there any official size?