progress undocking time on Nov 14

From: Kevin Fetter (kfetter@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Nov 13 2008 - 15:50:28 UTC

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    The progress spacecraft will undock at 16:17 UTC ( Nov 14 )
    
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    http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/extra.htm
     
    Progress M-65”: tomorrow the disconnecting
    
    Press service TsUP, on November 13, 2008 
     
    Completes the flight of automatic cargo ship “progress M-65” in the composition of the International Space Station.
    
    Tomorrow, on November 14, 19 hours 17 minutes Moscow time (16: 17 GMT) will be given out command for disconnecting “of progress M-65” with s, and after three minutes truck will be separated from the moorage on the official module “star”, where it was located since September 17 this year.
    
    Ship “progress M-65” started on September 10, 2008 22 hours 50 minutes 02 seconds (19: 50: 02 on May 14 GMT). Its jointing with s was planned on September 12; however, on the request of American side in connection with the evacuation of personnel of Mission Control Center in Houston (state of Texas, USA) because of the threat of hurricane “Ike” it was postponed by later period.
    
    “Progress M-65” delivered on s more than two and one-half of the tons of different loads, in number of which fuel-, oxygen, water, food products, scientific gear, auxiliary equipment for the Russian and American segments of station, and also message for the crew. In the composition s space truck was used for control of station according to the channels of pitch and hunting, twice with its aid the corrections of its orbit were conducted.
    
    After taking apart “the progress M-65” will be found in the autonomous flight, in course of which it is planned to carry out a series of geophysical experiments. The completion of its flight is planned on December 7, 2008.
    
    
    
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