Russia Completes ISS Orbit Correction To Host Shuttle

Russia has corrected orbit of the International Space Station by 1,350 meters (4,400 feet) as part of preparations for the docking of the U.S.

By Space War Editorial Team · Editorial process

Published July 27, 2006

Russia has corrected orbit of the International Space Station by 1,350 meters (4,400 feet) as part of preparations for the docking of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis, a Mission Control spokesman said Wednesday.

"The ISS orbit correction was necessary to create the best conditions for the docking of Atlantis," he said.

The shuttle is set to take off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, between August 28 and September 7.

During the last 13-day mission to the ISS early in July, U.S. shuttle Discovery, delivered European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter to the station, increasing its crew to three.

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