Re: ISS reboosted

From: Jonathan T Wojack (tlj18@juno.com)
Date: Thu Mar 07 2002 - 16:04:15 EST

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    > 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?
    
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