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Feb 8, 2022
Specialists of the TsNIIMash Mission Control Center (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) on Tuesday afternoon adjusted the orbital altitude of the International Space Station in order to form ballistic conditions before the launch of the Soyuz MS-21 manned spacecraft into orbit and the landing of the Soyuz MS-19 descent vehicle » in the spring of 2022.
On Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at 10:56 Moscow time, a command was issued and the engines of the Progress MS-18 cargo spacecraft docked to the Russian Segment of the ISS were turned on. They worked for 142.3 seconds, and the magnitude of the impulse was 0.26 m / s. Today, the station's orbit corrections are carried out using the engines of the Zvezda service module or cargo ships of the Progress MS series docked to it. On Sunday, the 315th correction was carried out, including the 166th by the Progress ships.
The parameters of the ISS orbit after the corrective maneuver:
- Orbital period: 92.86 min.
- Orbital inclination: 51.66 deg.
- Minimum orbit altitude: 415.26 km
- Maximum orbit altitude: 439.21 km
The launch of the Soyuz MS-21 manned spacecraft with the crew of the 67th long-term expedition is scheduled for March 18 at 18:55 Moscow time. The landing of the Soyuz MS-19 descent vehicle with Roscosmos cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, as well as NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is scheduled for March 30 at 14:27 Moscow time.
In addition to Shkaplerov, Dubrov and Mark Vande Hei, NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, as well as European Space Agency astronaut Mattias Maurer currently work on board the International Space Station.
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https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2022/02/iss-orbital-altitude-correction.html
Related links:
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/34050/
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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