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July 8, 2020
In order to form a working orbit of the International Space Station before launching the Progress MS-15 cargo ship and the Soyuz MS-17 manned spacecraft, correction of its orbit is planned for July 11, 2020.
International Space Station (ISS). Animation Credit: NASA
According to preliminary data from the ballistic and navigation support service of the Flight Control Center TsNIImash (part of the Roskosmos State Corporation), the engines of the Progress MS-14 spacecraft will be turned on at 22:15 Moscow time and will work for 277 seconds, after which the average orbital altitude of the station will decrease 1 km and will be about 418 km above the Earth.
ISS "reboost" by Progress MS-08. Image Credit: NASA
The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the Progress MS-15 cargo ship is scheduled for July 23, 2020 from platform No. 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. He will deliver to the crew of the 63rd Expedition the supply of fuel, water and gases, as well as life support and styling equipment for space experiments.
Related articles:
Unscheduled correction of the ISS orbit
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2020/07/unscheduled-correction-of-iss-orbit.html
Progress MS-14 will correct the orbit of the ISS
http://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2020/06/progress-ms-14-will-correct-orbit-of-iss.html
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/28784/
Image (mentioned), Animation (mentioned), Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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