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WG3K > ANS 24.11.24 02:24l 22 Lines 969 Bytes #152 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: Space Station Raises Orbit Avoiding Orbital Debris
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The Progress 89 thrusters were fired at 20:09 UTC on Tuesday, November 19
for 5 minutes, 31 seconds, to raise the orbit of the International Space
Station (ISS) to provide an extra margin of distance from a piece of
orbital debris from a defunct defense meteorological satellite that broke
up in 2015. The Pre-determined Debris Avoidance Maneuver (PDAM) was
conducted in coordination with NASA, Roscosmos and the other space station
partners.
Without the maneuver, ballistics officials estimated that the fragment
could have come within around 2.5 miles of the station.
The maneuver had no impact on station operations and did not affect
Thursdayâ€Ös launch of the Progress 90 cargo craft from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
*[Operators attempting to utilize Amateur Radio aboard the ISS should make
sure that the Keplerian orbital data in their tracking software has been
updated since this change in orbit.]*
[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]
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