vendredi 15 août 2014

The correction of the orbit of the International Space Station












ISS - International Space Station patch.

08/14/2014

Orbit correction took place in the normal mode. According to the telemetry propulsion cargo vehicle ATV-5 was performed at 20 hours 58 minutes Moscow time. Duration of its operation was 469.4 seconds. As a result, ISS has received the increment speed of 1.1 m/sec., Orbit height increased by 2 km.

The average height of the ISS orbit is now 416.4 km.

ISS reboost by ESA's ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle)

Reboost performed in order to create the conditions for landing in a predetermined area of the vehicle crew manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-12M as part of the Russian Space Agency cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov, Oleg Artemyev and NASA astronaut Steven Swanson. The crew will return to Earth September 11, 2014.

ROSCOSMOS Press Release: http://www.federalspace.ru/20840/

Image, Text, Credits: Roscosmos press service / ESA / Translation: Orbiter.ch Aerospace.

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