4 Apr 2013 10:36

ISS orbit adjusted

MOSCOW. April 4 (Interfax-AVN) - The orbit of the International Space Station was lifted by one kilometer to an average of 418 kilometers using the engines of the Progress re-supply ship, which is currently docked to the ISS, a Russian space rocket industry source told Interfax-AVN.

"The average altitude of the station's orbit was raised by approximately one kilometer," he said.