ISS - International Space Station patch.
08.05.2013
May 8, in accordance with the schedule of the International Space Station (ISS) performed surgery for the correction of its orbit.
In 10:00. 51 minutes. 00 seconds Moscow time included motors transport cargo vehicle (THC) Progress M-19M, docked to the service module of the Service Module (SM) Zvezda of the Russian segment of the station. The duration of the propulsion system was 844 seconds. As a result, ISS has gained momentum at 1.5 m / s, and the average height of its orbit increased by 2.6 km and reached 413.6 km.
The fire rockets of the cargo Progress M during the reboost of ISS in 2003. Image credit NASA
After making corrections, the following orbital station:
• minimum height above the surface of the Earth - 413.6 km;
• maximum height above the surface of the Earth - 428.1 km;
• period - 92.782 minutes;
• Mood - 51,67 °.
The purpose of correction - the formation of the working of the ISS to provide conditions for landing of manned spacecraft (WPK abbreviation in Russian) Soyuz TMA-07M 14 May 2013 and the flight of the WPK Soyuz TMA-09M, to be launched on 29 May 2013.
Original Press Release from ROSCOMOS (in Russian): http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=20081
Image (mentioned), Text, Credits: Press Service of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos PAO) / ROSCOSMOS / Translation: Orbiter.ch Aerospace.
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