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Feb 3, 2023
On Friday, February 3, 2023, the orbit of the International Space Station was adjusted to ensure the landing of the unmanned Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft.
The engines of the Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft docked to the Zvezda Service Module of the ISS Russian Segment were switched on at 13:30 Moscow time. They worked 894.2 seconds and gave out an impulse of 1.37 m/s.
According to preliminary data, after the maneuver, the average height of the station's orbit increased by 2.4 km and amounted to 417.8 km.
ISS reboost by Progress cargo spacecraft
For the entire duration of the ISS flight, 332 corrections of its orbital altitude were carried out, including 181 with the help of Progress spacecraft engines.
Landing of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft in unmanned mode is planned for March 2023 southeast of the Kazakh city of Zhezkazgan.
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 Cassada, as well as JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata.
Related links:
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/38791/
Soyuz MS-22: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/sojuz-ms-22/
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/mks/
Image, Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS/NASA/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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