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Jan 1, 2022
The planned correction of the orbital altitude of the International Space Station is scheduled for January 12, 2022 and is carried out in order to form ballistic (and orbit) conditions before the launch of the Soyuz MS-21 manned spacecraft into orbit and the Soyuz MS-19 landing.
International Space Station (ISS)
According to preliminary data from the ballistic and navigation support service of the TsNIIMash Flight Control Center (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation), at 21:09 Moscow time, a command will be issued to turn on the engines of the Progress MS-18 cargo vehicle, which will operate for 292.5 seconds ... The impulse will be 0.54 m / s. After carrying out the corrective maneuver, the station's orbit altitude will increase by 850 meters, and the average orbital altitude will increase to 417.73 km.
The parameters of the ISS orbit after the corrective maneuver should be:
- Orbital period: 92.87 min;
- Orbital inclination: 51.66 degrees;
- Minimum orbit altitude: 414.69 km;
- Maximum orbital altitude: 436.87 km.
Currently, a crew of Roscosmos cosmonauts, ISS commander Anton Shkaplerov and Peter Dubrov, as well as NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn, Keila Barron and ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer are working on board the International Space Station.
Related links:
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/33744/
TsNIIMash: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/cniimash/
MCC: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/cup/
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/mks/
Image, Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS/MCC/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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