The orbit of the ISS increased to dock with the "Union" - BBC

complete the operation to increase the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) at 1100 m, reported in the MCC.

aim of the operation was to create a working orbit of the ISS before docking with the station manned spacecraft “Soyuz TMA-11M” to the crew of a new expedition to the ISS. After the maneuver, the average height of the ISS orbit was 417.9 km.

«maneuver was carried out with the help of engines of the European cargo spacecraft ATV-4″ Albert Einstein “, docked to the station. This is the final correction of the ISS orbit, held by ATV-4 as the ship October 28, at 12.33 MSK will be undocked from the ISS and splashed down in the non-navigational area of ??the Pacific Ocean “- leads RIA” Novosti » Image representative of the MCC.

The crew of a new expedition to the station consists of Russian Mikhail Tyurin, American Richard Mastracchio and Japanese Koichi Wakata. This crew will deliver to the ISS the Olympic torch.

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manned the “Union” is scheduled from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in 08.08 MSK.