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Feb 16, 2022
The next correction of the orbital height of the International Space Station is scheduled for February 26, 2022 in order to form ballistic conditions before the launch of the manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-21 into orbit (March 18) and the landing of the Soyuz MS-19 descent vehicle (March 30).
International Space Station (ISS)
According to preliminary data from the ballistic and navigation support service of the TsNIIMash Mission Control Center (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation), at 04:37 Moscow time it is planned to issue a command to turn on the engines of the Progress MS-18 cargo ship docked to the Zvezda service module Russian segment of the ISS. They should work 372.5 seconds and give an impulse of 0.54 m / s. It is expected that after the corrective maneuver, the average height of the station's orbit will increase by 1.1 km - up to 417.94 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 height: 415.40 km;
- Maximum orbit height: 435.97 km.
For the entire duration of the ISS flight, 315 corrections of its orbital height were made, including 166 with the help of the Progress cargo spacecraft engines. Before the arrival of the new Russian crew on the Soyuz MS-21 to the ISS on March 11, 2022, another correction of the station's orbit is scheduled.
Currently, a crew of Roscosmos cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov (station commander) and Petr Dubrov, as well as NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei, Raja Chari, Thomas Marshburn, Kayla Barron and European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer are working on board the ISS.
Related links:
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/34177/
TsNIIMash: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/cniimash/
MCC: https://www.roscosmos.ru/34177/
Progress MS-18: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/progress-ms-18/
Soyuz MS-19: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/sojuz-ms-19/
Soyuz MS-21: https://www.roscosmos.ru/34177/
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/mks/
Image, Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS/MCC/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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