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    • MOSCOW (AFP) Jun 30, 2005
     Russia's Progress cargo ship early Thursday raised the International Space Station (ISS)'s orbit by over two kilometers for easier docking with the US shuttle, Russian mission control said.

    "As a result of a nearly five-minute maneuver the station's orbit was raised by 2.3 kilometers to a 352.9-kilometer height, which will create optimal conditions for its docking with the US shuttle" due to arrive in July, mission control said as quoted by the ITAR-TASS news agency.

    The orbit was raised automatically, and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalyov and US astronaut John Phillips barely noticed the maneuver, officials assured.

    The unmanned Progress M-53 vessel docked with the ISS on June 19, bringing more than 2.5 tonnes of supplies, including food, water and fuel.

    The last time the station's orbit was raised was on May 11.




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