>It's a burn to restore the original inclination prior to the next Progress >launch. I think they are combined with an orbit raise burn as well. The >station's inclination has very gradually been lowering by a tiny amount >through natural processes. Thanks. I presume it's better to have the progress do it since than the shuttle since the total mass is less. It would be interesting to know how much a Progress can change the inclination, at least in the current ISS configuration. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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