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Russians from space station monitor Haiti region situation.
MOSCOW, January 24 (Itar-Tass) -- ISS Expedition 22 flight engineer
Maxim Surayev will photograph the Haiti earthquake region for the second
time.
Surayev in the experiment will take pictures of the disaster region
through ISS portholes and send the pictures to the earth, a source at the
Mission Control Centre based near Moscow told Itar-Tass.
The photo materials that will be received on the earth will be used
for the ecological monitoring of the disaster area.
Surayev's colleague Oleg Kotov took photographs of the region last
Wednesday.
The "Hurricane" experiment is expected to improve the efficiency of
forecasting earthquakes, volcano eruptions, floods, forest fires,
hurricanes and other disasters. Its direct objective is to work out
requirements for the ground and space system to foresee disasters.
Cosmonauts use Kodak cameras with 400-mm and 800-mm lens to watch storms,
fires and other natural disasters and report about the monitoring results
to the Russian Mission Control Centre, from where the data and photos from
orbit are provided for international organisations. Photos from the space
are intended for all the departments concerned, including the Emergencies
Ministry and the Academy of Sciences.
.ISS orbit to be raised for docking with cargo craft, shuttle.
MOSCOW, January 24 (Itar-Tass) -- Specialists at the Russian Mission
Control Centre will correct the ISS orbit on Sunday for docking with the
Progress M-04M cargo craft and the Endeavour shuttle.
The manoeuvre will be conducted in accordance with the ISS mission
programme, a source at the control centre told Itar-Tass.
Two operations will be conducted to change the orbit on January 22 and
24 to create optimum conditions for docking of the station with the cargo
craft, which is planned to blast off on February 3, and the shuttle, which
must start out for the orbit on February 7.
A test correction was successfully conducted last Friday. In the
operation specialists checked the work of the Russian module Zvezda
engines, which were not started for more than a year, and also tested a
new mathematic manoeuvre model worked out after the re-configuration of
the station last year. The station was raised some 1.7 kilometres that
time.
The manoeuvre to raise the orbit will be conducted on Sunday with the
use of two correcting engines, the start of which is planned for 12:02
Moscow time, the MCC source said.
The ISS will be raised about five kilometres to an altitude of about
344 kilometres in 151 seconds of the engine work.
The orbit is corrected to put the station to the planned point for
docking with cargo and manned space craft. The ISS orbit is also changed
several times a year to divert the station away from space debris --
fragments of old satellites and space craft and small meteorites. The
orbital complex goes down 150-200 metres a day.
.Launch of Ariane rocket planned for March, Soyuzes for summer.
PARIS, January 24 (Itar-Tass) -- This year's first launch of the
Ariane-5 European heavy rocket is planned for March 24, European space
centre director Joel Barre told reporters in Kourou, French Guiana.
The Arianespace company deals with launches of Ariane-5 rockets made
by the Astrium company, the EADS aerospace group's branch. The Ariane that
will be launched in March must orbit two communication satellites -- one
for Luxemburg television and the second for the German Defence Ministry.
Arianespace, the world's leader for commercial launches, plans to
carry out seven Ariane-5 launches this year. The rockets may carry a cargo
weighing 8-10 tonnes. The company also plans together with Russian
specialists to launch three Soyuz rockets from the Kourou cosmodrome in
2010. Soyuzes are capable to carry up to three tonnes. A liftoff of a Vega
European light rocket is also planned forthis year. It can carry 1.5
tonnes to orbit.
According to managers of the space centre in Kourou, the first launch
of a Russian Soyuz is postponed for next summer due to the
almost-year-long delay in supplies of appropriate equipment for the launch
complex. Launches of Soyuzes from Kourou located close to the equator
allow increasing a rocket load by a third.
-0-pan
Maxim Surayev will photograph the Haiti earthquake region for the second
time.
Surayev in the experiment will take pictures of the disaster region
through ISS portholes and send the pictures to the earth, a source at the
Mission Control Centre based near Moscow told Itar-Tass.
The photo materials that will be received on the earth will be used
for the ecological monitoring of the disaster area.
Surayev's colleague Oleg Kotov took photographs of the region last
Wednesday.
The "Hurricane" experiment is expected to improve the efficiency of
forecasting earthquakes, volcano eruptions, floods, forest fires,
hurricanes and other disasters. Its direct objective is to work out
requirements for the ground and space system to foresee disasters.
Cosmonauts use Kodak cameras with 400-mm and 800-mm lens to watch storms,
fires and other natural disasters and report about the monitoring results
to the Russian Mission Control Centre, from where the data and photos from
orbit are provided for international organisations. Photos from the space
are intended for all the departments concerned, including the Emergencies
Ministry and the Academy of Sciences.
.ISS orbit to be raised for docking with cargo craft, shuttle.
MOSCOW, January 24 (Itar-Tass) -- Specialists at the Russian Mission
Control Centre will correct the ISS orbit on Sunday for docking with the
Progress M-04M cargo craft and the Endeavour shuttle.
The manoeuvre will be conducted in accordance with the ISS mission
programme, a source at the control centre told Itar-Tass.
Two operations will be conducted to change the orbit on January 22 and
24 to create optimum conditions for docking of the station with the cargo
craft, which is planned to blast off on February 3, and the shuttle, which
must start out for the orbit on February 7.
A test correction was successfully conducted last Friday. In the
operation specialists checked the work of the Russian module Zvezda
engines, which were not started for more than a year, and also tested a
new mathematic manoeuvre model worked out after the re-configuration of
the station last year. The station was raised some 1.7 kilometres that
time.
The manoeuvre to raise the orbit will be conducted on Sunday with the
use of two correcting engines, the start of which is planned for 12:02
Moscow time, the MCC source said.
The ISS will be raised about five kilometres to an altitude of about
344 kilometres in 151 seconds of the engine work.
The orbit is corrected to put the station to the planned point for
docking with cargo and manned space craft. The ISS orbit is also changed
several times a year to divert the station away from space debris --
fragments of old satellites and space craft and small meteorites. The
orbital complex goes down 150-200 metres a day.
.Launch of Ariane rocket planned for March, Soyuzes for summer.
PARIS, January 24 (Itar-Tass) -- This year's first launch of the
Ariane-5 European heavy rocket is planned for March 24, European space
centre director Joel Barre told reporters in Kourou, French Guiana.
The Arianespace company deals with launches of Ariane-5 rockets made
by the Astrium company, the EADS aerospace group's branch. The Ariane that
will be launched in March must orbit two communication satellites -- one
for Luxemburg television and the second for the German Defence Ministry.
Arianespace, the world's leader for commercial launches, plans to
carry out seven Ariane-5 launches this year. The rockets may carry a cargo
weighing 8-10 tonnes. The company also plans together with Russian
specialists to launch three Soyuz rockets from the Kourou cosmodrome in
2010. Soyuzes are capable to carry up to three tonnes. A liftoff of a Vega
European light rocket is also planned forthis year. It can carry 1.5
tonnes to orbit.
According to managers of the space centre in Kourou, the first launch
of a Russian Soyuz is postponed for next summer due to the
almost-year-long delay in supplies of appropriate equipment for the launch
complex. Launches of Soyuzes from Kourou located close to the equator
allow increasing a rocket load by a third.
-0-pan
