<p>The orbit was raised by 2.2 kilometres to 355.5 kilometres the official said, quoted by Interfax news agency.<br /><br />The manoeuvre was carried out using the engines of the Russian cargo vessel Progress M-06M.<br /><br />The orbital correction was needed to provide the optimal conditions for the docking of Progress M-07M on September 10 and the departure shortly of another Russian vessel, Soyuz TMA-18.<br /><br />The ship carrying Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko and US astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson is due to return to Earth on September 24, the official said.</p>
<p>The orbit was raised by 2.2 kilometres to 355.5 kilometres the official said, quoted by Interfax news agency.<br /><br />The manoeuvre was carried out using the engines of the Russian cargo vessel Progress M-06M.<br /><br />The orbital correction was needed to provide the optimal conditions for the docking of Progress M-07M on September 10 and the departure shortly of another Russian vessel, Soyuz TMA-18.<br /><br />The ship carrying Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko and US astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson is due to return to Earth on September 24, the official said.</p>