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Feb 6, 2022
The correction of the height of the International Space Station orbit, previously scheduled for February 6, 2022, has been postponed to February 8 due to ballistic conditions.
To ensure the correction, the engines of the Progress MS-18 cargo ship will be involved. According to updated data from the TsNIIMash Mission Control Center (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation), they will be turned on at 10:56 Moscow time and will work for 142.3 seconds.
International Space Station (ISS)
The purpose of the correction is to form ballistic conditions before the launch of the Soyuz MS-21 transport manned spacecraft into orbit (March 18) and the landing of the Soyuz MS-19 (March 30).
Roscosmos cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, as well as European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer are currently on the ISS.
Related article:
ISS orbital altitude correction scheduled for February 6
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2022/02/iss-orbital-altitude-correction.html
Related links:
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/34051/
TsNIIMash: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/cniimash/
MCC: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/cup/
Soyuz MS-19: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/sojuz-ms-19/
Soyuz MS-21: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/sojuz-ms-21/
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/mks/
Image, Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS/MCC/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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