22 Feb 2013 15:12

ISS orbit adjustment maneuver performed

MOSCOW. Feb 22 (Interfax-AVN) - The Russian space freighter Progress M-17M has performed a maneuver to adjust the orbit of the International Space Station.

"The orbit adjustment maneuver has been successfully performed. The orbit's parameters will be announced in some 90-minutes time," a Mission Control spokesman told Interfax-AVN on Friday.

Reports said earlier that the Progress was to give a 0.6 meters per second impulse to the station. The height of the orbit would rise 1 kilometer in a 277-second long maneuver.