Re: ISS Altitude Increase

From: Robert Holdsworth (robbonz1@xtra.co.nz)
Date: Sat Jun 16 2007 - 03:44:26 EDT

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    The Shuttle's thrusters were used to maintain the Station's orientation when 
    the navigation computer malfunctioned
    
    http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts117/070612cmgs/
    
    
    Robert
    
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    From: "Gerhard HOLTKAMP" <grd.holtkamp@t-online.de>
    To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
    Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 7:00 AM
    Subject: ISS Altitude Increase
    
    
    >
    > The ISS seems to have gained a few hundred meters in altitude over the 
    > past
    > few days. As there were no ISS maneuvers scheduled we are probably seeing 
    > the
    > *involuntary* effect of Shuttle thruster activity that we have seen on
    > previous Shuttle docking missions.
    >
    > Gerhard HOLTKAMP
    > Darmstadt, Germany
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