ISS - International Space Station patch / ESA - ATV-3 "Eduardo Armaldi" patch.
22/08/2012
August 22 in accordance with the program of the International Space Station (ISS) carried out the correction of its orbit.
The maneuver was carried out in two pulses with propulsion system (PS) of the European cargo spacecraft ATV-3 "Edoardo Amaldi"
First switching control is made in 13 hours 45 minutes 00 seconds Moscow time. Operating time was 384 seconds. As a result, the station has received an additional boost of 0.9 meters per second, the average height of its orbit was 414.8 kilometers.
ATV reboost ISS
At 17 hours 17 minutes 00 seconds Moscow time the second time included European truck engines, which have worked 2088.5 seconds. As a result, ISS has received an additional boost of 4.9 meters per second, the average height of the orbit of the station was 420.5 kilometers.
The purpose of the operation - the formation of the ISS before the descent to Earth of manned spacecraft "Soyuz TMA-04M" as well as the launch of THC "Soyuz TMA-06M" and its subsequent docking with the station.
Originak text in Russian: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19440
Images, Text, Credits: Press Service of the Russian Space Agency on Information MCC (Roscosmos PAO) / ESA / Translation: Orbiter.ch.
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