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Nov. 11, 2021
The orbital altitude of the International Space Station was increased on the evening of November 10, 2021 to avoid collisions with space debris. This made it possible to increase the orbital altitude of the ISS by about 1.2 kilometers.
International Space Station (ISS)
Earlier, in order to form ballistic conditions before launching into near-earth orbit and landing of the Soyuz MS-20 manned transport vehicle, the planned correction of the ISS orbit was planned to be carried out on November 16, but the evasion maneuver made the day before was calculated by the ballistics specialists of the TsNIIMash Mission Control Center (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation ) in such a way that the need for correction on November 16 disappeared. In this regard, the flight management of the Russian segment of the International Space Station decided to cancel it.
Roscosmos cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Peter Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hai are currently working on board the International Space Station. Tomorrow morning they will be joined by the crew of the Crew-3 mission - astronauts Thomas Marshburn, Raja Chari, Kayla Barron and Matthias Maurer. In December, as expected, space flight participants from Japan, Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano, will visit the station; they will be delivered to the ISS by the Soyuz MS-20 manned transport spacecraft commanded by Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin.
Related article:
Planned correction of the ISS orbit altitude is scheduled for November 16
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2021/11/planned-correction-of-iss-orbit.html
Related links:
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/33320/
Soyuz MS-20: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/sojuz-ms-20/
MCC: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/cup/
TsNIIMash: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/cniimash/
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/mks/
Image, Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS/MCC/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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