"On April 23 the ISS performed an evasive maneuver to dodge fragments of a space satellite," Mission Control said.
The engines of the cargo spacecraft Progress M-26M were turned on at 08:22 Moscow time to raise the orbit by 550 metres, Mission Control said.
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Russia’s space agency Roscosmos adjusted the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) due to a threat of collision with fragments of a former spacecraft, a spokesperson for the Roscosmos Mission Control Centre said Thursday.
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As a result of the maneuver the altitude of the ISS increased by 550 meters (1,804 feet).
The International Space Station brings together the space agencies of Russia, the United States, Canada, Japan, as well as the multinational European Space Agency. The first component of the ISS was launched in 1998.
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