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Old September 23rd 04, 10:02 PM
Jacques van Oene
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Station Gets an Orbital Boost

Russian flight controllers fired the ISS Progress 15 spacecraft's engines
Thursday for a maneuver designed to raise the International Space Station's
orbit. The 10-minute engine burn raised the Station by 2.98 miles (4.8
kilometers) and placed it in the proper orbit for the arrival of the
Expedition 10 crew aboard the ISS Soyuz 9 spacecraft next month.

Inside the Station, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA ISS
Science Officer Mike Fincke continued more troubleshooting on the Russian
Elektron oxygen generation system. The Elektron went offline Wednesday.
There has been no impact on ISS operations.

Padalka and Fincke also monitored science experiments and recharged a
satellite phone.


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Old September 23rd 04, 10:42 PM
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Jacques van Oene wrote:
Station Gets an Orbital Boost

Russian flight controllers fired the ISS Progress 15 spacecraft's engines
Thursday for a maneuver designed to raise the International Space Station's
orbit. The 10-minute engine burn raised the Station by 2.98 miles (4.8
kilometers) and placed it in the proper orbit for the arrival of the
Expedition 10 crew aboard the ISS Soyuz 9 spacecraft next month.


Hmm, which puts it about 26 km below where it used to generally be before
Columbia's demise ... it looks like it's been falling about that
much (4.8 km) in about 6 weeks ... i
http://www.heavens-above.com/issheight.asp

So when do we start worrying? :-)

Nick


 




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