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01/17/2013
In accordance with the International Space Station (ISS) on 17 January the correction of its orbit.
The maneuver was carried out using an engine cargo spacecraft Progress M-17M, located on the axial port service module Zvezda.
Progress docket at the module Zvezda making a ISS reboost
According to the ballistic-navigation service the Mission Control Center "FSUE TsNIImash" cargo ship engines were included in 06 hours 15 minutes Moscow time and worked for 233 seconds.
As a result of this dynamic operation ISS increment rate was 0.46 m / s. The average height of the orbit increased by 830 feet and was 411 km.
ISS with Progress docked at the module Zvezda
After maneuvering the ISS orbital parameters were:
- Minimum height - 401.9 km,
- Maximum height - 432.18 km
- Orbital period - 92.73 min.,
- Inclination - 51,67 °.
The purpose of this operation was to maintain the working and forming the ISS before flying cargo ship Progress M-18M, the launch of which is scheduled for February 2013.
Original text in Russian: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19820
Images, Text, Credits: Press Service of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos PAO) / ROSCOSMOS / NASA / G. De Chiara/ Translation: Orbiter.ch Aerospace.
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