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Feb 6, 2022
Rocket and Space Corporation Energia named after S.P. Koroleva (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation), at the request of colleagues from NASA, will reduce the average orbital altitude of the International Space Station by several kilometers and will constantly maintain the station’s flight at this altitude in the coming years.
“At the request of the Americans, to ensure the conditions for their experiments, we will move to another orbit. Now we will fly not in an orbit of 419 km, but 3 km less - 416 km, ”said Rafail Murtazin, head of the ballistics department of RSC Energia.
International Space Station (ISS)
According to him, such an average altitude of the ISS orbit can be maintained by the Russian side until a decision is made to flood the station.
The ISS orbit altitude corrections are carried out using the engines of the Zvezda service module of the Russian segment of the station or Progress MS cargo ships docked to it. To date, 314 ISS orbit corrections have been performed, including 165 by Progress spacecraft.
Related links:
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/34046/
RKK Energia: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/rkk-ehnergija/
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/mks/
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