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June 21, 2021
The orbital altitude of the International Space Station on June 24, 2021 is planned to be increased by 890 meters using the engines of the Progress MS-16 transport cargo vehicle.
International Space Station (ISS). Image Credit: NASA
According to preliminary data from the ballistic and navigation support service of the TsNIIMash Flight Control Center (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation), at 05:25 Moscow time, a command will be issued and the engines of the Progress MS-16 spacecraft will be turned on, which will operate for 466 seconds. The impulse value is 0.5 m / s. The average altitude of the station's orbit will be about 420.26 km above the Earth's surface.
ISS orbit parameters after the corrective maneuver:
- Orbital period: 92.92 min;
- Orbital inclination: 51.66 degrees;
- Minimum orbit altitude: 419.27 km;
- Maximum orbital altitude: 439.32 km.
Planned orbit correction is carried out in order to form ballistic conditions before the launch of the American CST-100 Starliner (Boe-OFT 2) spacecraft, the Soyuz MS-19 manned transport vehicle and the landing of the Soyuz MS-18 descent vehicle.
At the moment, a crew consisting of Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky, Peter Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hai, who arrived on April 9, 2021 on the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft, as well as crew members of the Crew Dragon spacecraft NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrow are working at the International Space Station and Megan MacArthur, ESA astronaut Tom Peske and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/31550/
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/mks/
Image (mentioned), Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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