ISS to carry out evasive maneuver from Chinese satellite’s debris — Roscosmos

Non-political November 12, 2014, 8:49

The altitude correction is planned to avoid possible collision

MOSCOW, November 12. /TASS/. Russia’s Mission Control Center will conduct an altitude correction of the International Space Station (ISS) later on Wednesday to evade the debris of a Chinese spacecraft threatening it, Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has said.

“The maneuver will take place at 3.35 p.m. Moscow time (12:35 GMT) with the use of an engine unit of European spacecraft ATV,” a spokesman for Roscosmos said.

 

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