jeudi 3 octobre 2013

Completed the correction of the orbit of the International Space Station












ISS - International Space Station patch.

10.03.2013

According to the International Space Station (ISS) on October 2 the correction of its orbit.

According to calculations by the service ballistic and navigation support the Mission Control Center FSUE TsNIIMash, propulsion cargo ship ATV-4 was included in the 23 hours 22 minutes Moscow time.

ISS reboost

According to the duration of the telemetry control was 815 seconds. As a result, ISS has received the increment speed of 1.95 m / s, the average height of the orbit of the station increased by 3.4 km and reached 418.2 km. The purpose of the operation - maintenance work of the ISS.

Roscosmos Press Release: http://www.federalspace.ru/19858/

Image, Text, Credits: Press Service of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos PAO) / ESA / Translation: Orbiter.ch Aerospace.

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