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April 28, 2021
The mission in the near-earth orbit of the Progress MS-14 transport cargo vehicle, which lasted just over a year, is coming to an end. In accordance with the flight program of the International Space Station on April 28, 2021 at 02:11:30 Moscow time, it undocked from the Zvezda module of the ISS Russian segment in the normal mode.
Progress MS-14 undocking
The hatches between the Russian "space truck" and the ISS were closed back on April 19, 2021. Tonight, at 02:10 Moscow time, a command was issued to open the hooks of the Progress MS-14 spacecraft, it was undocked from the station and sent “on a free voyage,” which would last a day. At this time, the specialists of the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia named after S.P. Korolev (part of the State Corporation "Roscosmos") will work out a new system for building an orientation during the deorbiting of cargo ships.
Progress MS-14 undocking and departure
The braking engines will be switched on at 03:01:28 Moscow time on April 29 and will work for four minutes. According to the calculations of the station's ballistic support service, Progress MS-14 will enter the dense layers of the atmosphere at 03:34:23 Moscow time. The estimated area of the fall of unburned ship fragments is approximately 3,150 km from the city of Wellington and 7,390 km from the city of Santiago. Roscosmos State Corporation has completed the necessary procedures to establish this area as temporarily dangerous for sea navigation and aircraft flights.
Progress MS-14 departure
Note that the Progress MS-14 cargo vehicle will spend a record year and four days in near-earth orbit, surpassing the achievement of the Progress M-17 spacecraft, which in 1993-1994. spent 337 days in space, delivering cargo to the Mir orbital complex. With its help, 10 corrections of the altitude of the International Space Station's orbit were also performed, two of them were unscheduled to avoid "space debris".
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/30903/
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