The Russian Flight Control Center to adjust ISS orbit for docking with spacecraft

The Russian Flight Control Center (FCC) is to carry out an operation Wednesday to adjust the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) so as to create favorable conditions for the station's docking with the resupply spacecraft Progress and the America space shuttle Discovery. An FCC official has told Itar-Tass, "In accordance with the programme for ballistic ensurance of the ISS flight, an ISS orbit adjusting maneuver is scheduled for December 22". "The maneuver will be carried out with the use of eight berthing and orientation engines of the supply spacecraft Progress M-07M, which is docked with the assembly compartment of the service module Zvezda (star). More

(Source: ITAR-TASS - Dec 23)