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Russian Spacecraft To Lift Off To ISS Two Days Early
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 15, 2008 The launch of Russia's Progress M-63 to the International Space Station has been rescheduled from February 7 to 5, Russian Mission Control said on Monday. "The launch of the cargo spacecraft would have coincided with the launch of the U.S. space shuttle [Atlantis], which is why NASA asked us to launch Progress two days before schedule, because the docking of two spacecraft, albeit to different ports of the ISS, is undesirable," a spokesperson said. The spokesperson added that the launch time had been fixed for 4:03 p.m. Moscow time (1:03 p.m. GMT). The rocket will lift off from the Baikonur space center, which Russia leases in Kazakhstan. Mission Control raised the ISS orbit 5.25 kilometers (3.26 miles) over the weekend in preparation for the docking of the Russian and U.S. spacecraft.
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Space station orbit shifted for shuttle arrival: report
Moscow (AFP) Jan 12, 2008The orbit of the International Space Station has been successfully corrected in preparation for the planned docking of three spacecraft next month, the Interfax news agency reported citing the Russian space control centre. |
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