[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat : only a few more days !

[Nico Janssen]

Some additional information can be found here:
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k166/suzymchale/iss-ref/issref2010prop.jpg

So engines on the Service Module of the ISS can be used
but usually Progress, ATV and HTV engines are used for
reboosts.

73,
Nico PA0DLO


On 2011-12-29 00:45, Mark Lunday wrote:
> Periodic reboosts are thus necessary every few months, usually undertaken by
> a Progress cargo ship docked to the Russian segment, or an Orbiter when
> docked to Destiny.
>
>
> http://suzymchale.com/ruspace/issorbit.html
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
> Behalf Of Wayne Estes
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 4:16 PM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat : only a few more days !
>
> Out of curiosity, what method is used to keep the International Space
> Station from burning up?
>
> I know that periodic boosts are done to raise the orbit.  Is that done
> with rocket engines built into the space station?  If so, it seems that
> storage and eventual reloading of the fuel would be difficult and high-risk.
>
> Or is the ISS boosted using the engines of a docked vehicle?  That seems
> like it would have its own set of complications.
>
> Wayne Estes W9AE
> Oakland, Oregon, USA, CN83ik
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