The correction of the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for January 12, the maneuver will be the first in 2022. This is stated on January 1 in a message on the Roscosmos website.
The purpose of changing the altitude of the station’s orbit is the formation of ballistic conditions for the docking of the Soyuz MS-21 manned spacecraft and the landing of the Soyuz MS-19.
“According to preliminary data from the ballistic and navigation support service of the Mission Control Center TsNIIMash (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation), at 21:09 Moscow time, a command will be issued to turn on the engines of the Progress MS-18 cargo vehicle, which will operate 292.5 seconds ”, – is noted in the message.
The orbit will increase by 850 meters.
On the eve, Russian cosmonauts discovered a possible last air leak in the Zvezda module on the ISS. we are not talking about new problems at the station.
The means to eliminate the leakage will be delivered to the station on the nearest cargo ship “Progress”. The astronauts will then proceed to finalize the leak.
Source: IZ
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