ISS with the help of Progress evaded space debris

 

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Oct. 25, 2022

On Tuesday, October 25, 2022, the International Space Station, using the Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft, avoided a collision with space debris.

The engines of the spacecraft docked to the Zvezda service module of the Russian segment of the ISS were turned on at 03:25 Moscow time and gave out an impulse of 0.5 m/s.

International Space Station (ISS)

As a result of the maneuver, the average height of the station's orbit increased by 880 m.

For the entire duration of the ISS flight, 328 corrections of its orbital height were made, including 177 with the help of Progress cargo spacecraft engines.

Currently, the crew of the 68th long-term expedition is working on board the ISS, consisting of cosmonauts of the State Corporation Roscosmos Sergey Prokopiev, Dmitry Petelin and Anna Kikina, NASA astronauts Francisco Rubio, Nicole Mann and Josh Kassada, as well as JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata.

Related links:

ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/38420/

International Space Station (ISS): https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/mks/

Image, Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS/NASA/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.

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