 | ISS Orbit Adjusted Prior To Soyuz Spacecraft Docking
5 June 2010
The International Space Station (ISS) was moved to a higher orbit prior to the docking of Russia’s Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft. The ISS was moved 7.5 kilometre higher by the thrusters on the Russian Zvezda module. The orbit would twice more readjusted on 7 June to receive the Soyuz spacecraft, which was scheduled to blast off from Baikonur on 16 June.
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