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03/21/2013
In order to form a working orbit of the International Space Station before the flight of manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-08M, the launch of which is scheduled for March 29, 2013, March 21, the correction of the ISS orbit.
The maneuver was carried out using an engine cargo spacecraft Progress M-17M
According to the ballistic-navigation service the Mission Control Center FSUE TsNIImash cargo ship engines were included in 4 hours 25 minutes Moscow time and worked for 673 seconds.
As a result of this dynamic operation ISS received a velocity increment of 1.5 m / s. The average height of the orbit increased by 2.6 km and reached 410.4 km.
International Space Station (ISS)
After maneuvering the ISS orbital parameters were:
• The minimum height above the Earth's surface - 403.8 km;
• The maximum height above the Earth's surface - 435.1 km;
• period - 92.72 minutes;
• inclination - 51.67 degrees.
Original text in Russian: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19966
Images, Text, Credits: Press Service of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos PAO) / ROSCOSMOS / NASA / Translation: Orbiter.ch Aerospace.
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