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Carried out a 19.2 km re-boost of ISS orbit

Moscow, Russia - Thanks to the support of ATV-2 Johannes Kepler

Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos announced that on Sunday, June 12, 2011, was carried out the re-boost of the ISS, International Space Station, orbit, with the support of the Automated Transfer Vehicle-2, ATV-2, Johannes Kepler. The re-boost operation is periodically implemented before space launches, in order to compensate the Earth's gravity and to allow vehicles to dock without problem. The...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1130771
Rome, Italy, 06/13/2011 17:13
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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