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ATV-2 Johannes Kepler carries out its last re-boost of ISS orbit

Moscow, Russia - On Friday, before 21 June's docking

On Friday, 17 June, 2011, ATV-2, Automated Transfer Vehicle-2, Johannes Kepler, will raise for the last time the orbit of the ISS, International Space Station. It's unveiled by the Russian Mission Control Centre. The re-boost, periodically carried out before the launches of space vehicles in order to compensate Earth's gravity and to allow spacecraft to dock without problems, will cause this time...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1131010
Rome, Italy, 06/17/2011 16:08
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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