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October 26 carried out the planned correction of the orbit of the International Space Station. / October 28, 2011 /

Correction of the orbit was nominally in accordance with the calculations of ballistic Service Mission Control Center Research Institute of mechanical engineering.

ISS maneuver was carried out using a corrective engine service module «Zvezda».

Following the correction of the ISS orbit parameters were as follows:
— The minimum height above the Earth — 376.28 km;
— Maximum height above the Earth’s surface — 408.84 km;
— Period — 92.30 minutes;
— Inclination — 51.66 degrees.

Operations on the ISS orbit correction are carried out automatically by the program, embodied in the station of the Mission Control Center outside Moscow, without the crew. During the maneuver on October 26, the astronauts were preparing for a television meeting with members of the XIX International Space Olympics students.

Press-service of Federal Space Agency, and PCOs

Source: www.roscosmos.ru

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