The International Space Station completed a successful maneuver that allowed her to escape from the debris. As explained in the Federal Space Agency, the likelihood of disaster was high.
“dangerous proximity of the station could take place on September 27 at 14:41 Moscow time. The probability of convergence has been high,” – says in the news on the official website of the Russian Space Agency. The maneuver was carried Mission Control Center (MCC), professionals calculate the characteristic configuration of the orbits of the flight station, according to which in the normal mode has been executed evasive action.
Changing the flight path of the ISS conducted 4 engines TGK “Progress M-28M” while their work is equal to 299 seconds. After configuration, the maximum height of the trajectory of the orbit was 421.16 km.
Note that the last few years, more and more professionals are forced to change the orbit of the ISS in connection with space debris. For example, in early July, the space station narrowly escaped a conflict with a fragment of Russian satellite “Meteor”, which failed to timely change experts NASA. At the time, while keeping the risk of disaster, the crew docked at the station went to her “Soyuz”, but then returned to the ISS. In early June, the station was promptly withdrawn from the blow shatter American satellite.
In early July of this year the professionals Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, led the data, according to which the Earth rotates 16.925 thousand. Objects of artificial origin. Of these, 3,917 thousand. – Working and defective satellites 13.008 thousand. – Other artificial objects, including rocket stages, boosters, large fragments of space technology. According to reliable information professionals in 50-60 years, the level of clogging of near-Earth space can greatly complicate subsequent space activities.
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