Excerpts from ISS report 99-29

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Hi everybody,

      I think this could be interesting for us, ISS watchers :

"In preparation for the Station's continued orbital assembly, flight controllers are
      planning a test later this month to rehearse the next milestone, the docking with the
      Russian-supplied Zvezda living quarters that is planned for launch in November. For
      the test, the Station will be maneuvered to the docking orientation and the Kurs
      automatic docking system will be activated."

"The International Space Station is oriented with Unity pointed toward Earth and
      Zarya pointed toward space in a slow spin to conserve fuel and maintain an even
      temperature for both modules. The ISS is flying in a slightly elliptical orbit with a high
      point of 255 statute miles and a low point of 237 statute miles, circling the Earth
      every 92 minutes."

      Does anyone have info about the exact date and time the above manoeuvre will
be performed ?

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Daniel Deak
St-Bonaventure, Québec

COSPAR site 1745 : 45.9483°N, 72.6539°W, 58 m., UTC-4:00

E-mail : dan.deak@sympatico.ca
French language satellite web site : http://www3.sympatico.ca/dan.deak/

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