MOSCOW, November 25 – RIA Novosti. The average altitude of the International Space Station (ISS) to create optimal ballistic conditions docking manned spacecraft “Soyuz TMA-19M” and other operations scheduled for December increased 3.4 kilometers, told RIA Novosti on Wednesday a representative of the PMU.
Correction held to form a working orbit for landing stations manned spacecraft “Soyuz TMA-17M”, scheduled for December 11 this year, as well as connections “Soyuz TMA-19M” on December 15 and a new series of space truck “Progress-MS” 21st December, respectively. The maneuver was carried out by the engines of spacecraft “Progress M-29M.
” In accordance with the calculations of service ballistics navigation support Mission Control Center FSUE TsNIIMash engines cargo spacecraft “Progress M-29M” were included in the 22 hours 31 Moscow time. As a result, the space station has received the increment speed of 1.95 m / s. After the maneuver, the average altitude of the station increased by 3.4 kilometers and will be 404.1 kilometers, “- he said.
On the ISS now working Russians Gennady Padalka, Mikhail Kornienko and Oleg Kononenko, American astronaut Scott Kelly Chell and Lindgren, and Japanese astronaut Kimia Yui.
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