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June 30, 2021
According to the Central Information and Analytical Center of the Automated System for Warning of Hazardous Situations in Near-Earth Space TsNIIMash (part of the Roskosmos State Corporation), on July 2, 2021, the spacecraft of the Starlink satellite system is expected to converge with the launched Progress MS-17 transport cargo vehicle and a fragment of SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
Progress cargo spacecraft
According to preliminary data, the Progress MS-17 spacecraft will approach the Starlink 1691 satellite at 00:32 Moscow time, approximately at a distance of about 1.5 km. Within three minutes, a fragment of the American Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched in 2020 will approach the Russian ship at a distance of about 500 meters.
The rendezvous will take place 3.5 hours before the docking of the Progress MS-17 cargo vehicle with the International Space Station, scheduled at 04:02 Moscow time on July 2.
Russian controls continue to monitor this situation continuously.
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Related links:
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/31686/
TsNIIMash: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/cniimash/
ASPOS OKP: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/aspos-okp/
Progress MS-17: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/progress-ms-17/
Image, Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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