According to online sources, yesterday the orbit of the International Space Station was adjusted. According to a representative of the state corporation Roscosmos, the flight altitude of the ISS was increased by 1 km.
The message states that the start of the engines of the Zvezda module took place at 21:31 Moscow time. The engines operated for 39,5 s, which made it possible to increase the average altitude of the ISS orbit by 1,05 km. Accordingly, after the adjustment, the stationβs flight altitude is 416,2 km. Let us remind you that the last adjustment to the ISS flight altitude was carried out on August 15, 2019. Then the engines of the Progress MS-12 spacecraft were used, and the average orbital altitude was increased by 2,1 km.
The next manned flight to the ISS is scheduled to take place at the end of this month. According to available data, on September 25, the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the manned Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft will send into outer space Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, American astronaut Jessica Meir, as well as the first astronaut from the UAE, Hazzaa al-Mansouri, who will conduct on board the ISS for 8 days. The return of the astronaut from the UAE to Earth is scheduled for October 3. Together with him, Russian Alexey Ovchinin and American Nick Hague will return to the planet.
Currently, the ISS crew consists of Russian cosmonauts Alexei Ovchinin and Alexander Skvortsov, US representatives Nick Hague, Andrew Morgan and Christina Cook, as well as Italian Luca Parmitano. Previously that the process of preparing the Soyuz MS-15 manned spacecraft is coming to an end.
Source: 3dnews.ru