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March 11, 2021
The orbital altitude of the International Space Station is planned to be increased by 450 meters on March 12, 2021 using the engines of the Progress MS-14 transport cargo vehicle before the arrival of the crew of the 65th long-term expedition in April this year.
According to preliminary data from the ballistic and navigation support service of the TsNIIMash Flight Control Center (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation), at 22:09 Moscow time, a command will be issued and the engines of the Progress MS-14 spacecraft will be turned on, which will operate for 144 seconds. The average height of the station's orbit will be about 419.7 km above the Earth's surface.
ISS reboost by Progress. Image Credit: NASA
The previous correction of the ISS orbit was performed on January 21, 2021 by the engines of the same Progress, with an increase in the average altitude of the station's orbit by 1.25 kilometers. The launch of the Soyuz MS-18 manned transport vehicle by the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle from the Baikonur cosmodrome is scheduled for April 9.
Currently, the ISS-64 crew of Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Sergei Kud-Sverchkov, NASA astronauts Kathleen Rubins, Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi are working on board the International Space Station.
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/30272/
Image (mentioned), Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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