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March 6, 2023
Today, the International Space Station's orbit was adjusted using the engines of the Progress MS-22 cargo spacecraft to avoid a possible collision with space debris.
The engines of the ship docked to the Russian service module Zvezda were turned on at 15:42 Moscow time. They worked for 376 seconds and gave out an impulse of 0.7 m / s.
According to preliminary data, after the maneuver, the average height of the ISS orbit increased by 1.2 km and amounted to 418.6 km.
ISS reboost by Progress cargo spacecraft. Image Credit: NASA
For the entire time of the station's flight, 334 corrections of the height of its orbit were carried out, including 183 with the help of engines of Progress cargo ships.
Currently, the crew of the 68th long-term expedition is working on board the ISS, consisting of cosmonauts of the Roscosmos State Corporation Sergey Prokopiev, Dmitry Petelin, Anna Kikina and Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Frank Rubio, Nicole Mann, Josh Cassada, Steven Bowen and Woody Hoburg, JAXA astronaut Koichi Vakata and UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi.
Related links:
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/39004/
Progress MS-22: https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/progress-ms-22/
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.roscosmos.ru/tag/mks/
Image (mentioned), Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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