ISS - International Space Station patch.
10.07.2013
According to the International Space Station July 10, 2013 was the correction of its orbit.
According to calculations by the service ballistic and navigation support the Mission Control Center FSUE engines TsNIIMash European cargo spacecraft ATV-4 "Albert Einstein" were included at 09 hours and 35 minutes Moscow time. According to the telemetry duration of the engines was 598 seconds. As a result of the dynamic operation of ISS received increment speed of 1.45 m / s.
The average height of the orbit of the station increased by 2.5 km and reached 417.2 km.
International Space Station (ISS)
After performing the correction parameters of the ISS are the following:
• minimum height above the surface of the Earth - 414.1 km;
• maximum height above the surface of the Earth - 436.1 km;
• period - 92.866 min.;
• Inclination - 51.651 degrees.
The correction was made to form a working orbit station before flying cargo spacecraft "Progress M-20M", the launch of which is scheduled for July 28, 2013.
Roscosmos Press Release: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=20206
Image, Text, Credits: Press service of the Russian Federal Space Agency and the Federal State Unitary Enterprise TsNIIMash / NASA / Translation: Orbiter.ch Aerospace.
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