> This is not exactly the case. The fuel tanks of Progress are almost > empty at > the moment and the necessary fuel was transferred back from the > storage tanks > in Zarya module. The Russians quoted the (planned) velocity increase > as 3.0 > m/s (10 fps), but it is not clear to me, whether this is total > change of two > parts of correction summed, or 2 x 3,0 m/s (probably TOTAL impulse > is meant). > This correction (albeit used for increasing the mean height too) was > rendered > as test maneuver only. So, essentially, the maneuver was really just a test - to see if it would work, or not work? ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W http://www.angelfire.com/stars2/projectorion 5 hours behind UT (-5) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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