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July 29, 2020
Today, July 29, 2020, the orbit of the International Space Station was corrected. The engines of the Progress MS-14 cargo vehicle, with the help of which the orbit correction was carried out, were turned on at 16:57 Moscow time for 336 seconds, as a result the ISS received an impulse of 0.65 m / s. After the corrective maneuver, the average altitude of the ISS orbit increased by 1.1 km.
ISS "reboost" by Progress MS-08. Image Credit: NASA
According to the data of the ballistic and navigation support service of the Flight Control Center of TsNIIMash (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation), the station's orbit parameters after the correction were:
- Orbital period: 92.87 min;
- Orbital inclination: 51.66 degrees;
- Minimum height above the Earth's surface: 417.5 km;
- Maximum height above the Earth's surface: 436.2 km.
This operation was carried out in order to form ballistic conditions before the launch of the Soyuz MS-17 manned spacecraft.
Related articles:
Progress MS-14 will correct the ISS orbit
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2020/07/progress-ms-14-will-correct-iss-orbit.html
ISS orbit correction scheduled for July 11
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2020/07/iss-orbit-correction-scheduled-for-july.html
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/28897/
Image (mentioned), Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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