lundi 8 juin 2015

ROSCOSMOS: Unplanned orbit correction of the ISS











ROSCOSMOS - Russian Vehicles patch.

June 8, 2015

June 8, 2015 successfully held unscheduled correction orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) with the purpose to avoiding space debris.

Progress M-26M engines were started at 22 hours 58 minutes and worked for 322 seconds, providing the momentum deviation of 0.3 m/s.

International Space Station (ISS) reboost by Progress-M

Options after correction of the ISS orbit inclination of 51.66 deg., The period of 92.53 min, the maximum height of 420.84 km, the minimum - 398.79 km.

ROSCOSMOS Press Release: http://www.federalspace.ru/21526/

Image, Text, Credits: Press Service of the Russian Federal Space Agency/ROSCOSMOS/NASA/Orbiter.ch Aerospace.

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