ISS - International Space Station patch.
June 19, 2013
In accordance with the program of ballistic support the International Space Station on June 19 held its operational orbit correction of flying cargo vehicle (THC), "Progress M-20M", scheduled for launch in July.
According to the ballistic Service Mission Control Center TsNIIMash maneuver to raise the orbit of the ISS passed normally.
International Space Station (ISS)
The parameters of the ISS orbit after maneuvers:
- Minimum height above the surface of the Earth - 412.155 km;
- Maximum height above the surface of the Earth - 439.300 km;
- Period - 92.824 minutes;
- The inclination - 51.668 degrees.
ISS orbit correction was performed using the main engines of the European cargo spacecraft ATV-4 "Albert Einstein", whose engines were included in 17 hours 05 minutes Moscow time and worked for 407.5 seconds. As a result, ISS has received an additional boost of 1 meter per second, and the average height of its orbit was 415.752 kilometers.
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=20164
Image, Text, Credits: Press Service of the Russian Federal Space Agency / ROSCOSMOS / NASA / Translation: Orbiter.ch Aerospace.
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