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Feb 20, 2023
Today, the orbit of the International Space Station has been adjusted to ensure the landing of the unmanned spacecraft Soyuz MS-22.
The engines of the Progress MS-22 cargo spacecraft docked to the Russian service module Zvezda of the ISS were turned on at 07:20 Moscow time. They worked for 958 seconds and gave an impulse of 1.8 m/s.
ISS reboost by Progress cargo spacecraft docked at Zvezda service module. Image Credit: NASA
According to preliminary data, after the maneuver, the average height of the station's orbit increased by 3.2 km and amounted to 418.9 km.
For the entire duration of the ISS flight, 333 corrections of its orbital altitude were carried out, including 182 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.
ISS reboost. Video Credit: ESA
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/38943/
Progress MS-22: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/progress-ms-22/
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/mks/
Image (mentioned), Video (mentioned), Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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