ISS repositions to avoid debris

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The space station just had to pull an avoidance maneuver | Digital Trends

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The International Space Station was repositioned on Tuesday, November 19 , to move it well out of the way of approaching space debris.

The maneuver provided an extra margin of distance from a piece of orbital debris, which came from a defunct defense meteorological satellite that broke up in 2015 .

The procedure had no effect on ISS activities and will not affect Thursday 's scheduled launch of the Progress 90 cargo craft.

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