Progress 16 Raises Space Station's Orbit

Progress 16 Raises Space Station's Orbit

The International Space Station received an orbital boost from the ISS
Progress 16 spacecraft Tuesday night. Russian flight controllers fired the
Progress' engines at 6:22 p.m. CST Tuesday (0022 GMT Wednesday) to begin a
7-minute, 37-second maneuver that raised the ISS' orbit by 2.1 miles (3.3
kilometers).

The reboost placed the Station in the proper orbit needed for the arrival of
the ISS Progress 17 spacecraft on March 2. The Station's average altitude is
now 223.2 statute miles (359.2 kilometers).

The reboost occurred while Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and Flight
Engineer Salizhan Sharipov slept. After waking up Wednesday morning, they
began a work schedule that featured Russian science experiments and
preparations for Progress 16's departure from the Station, which is slated
for Feb. 27.



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