In Brief: International Space Station Receives Altitude Boost
Orbit Boost The International Space Station got a lift Aug. 27 as Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo ship fired its thrusters for 20 min. 43-sec. to raise the orbit of the nearly 1-million-lb. outpost. The thruster firing raised the station’s orbit apogee, or high point, by 0.2 mi. and the perigee...
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