Photo: Roskosmos
The engines of the Progress MS-16 cargo ship worked for 466 seconds
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After the maneuver, the station’s orbit height should be about 420.3 km above the Earth’s surface.
The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) was corrected on the morning of Thursday, June 24. About it informs Roskosmos.
“In order to form ballistic conditions before the launch of the manned spacecraft CST-100 Starliner (Boe-OFT 2), Soyuz MS-19, as well as the landing of the descent vehicle of the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft, another correction of the orbital altitude of the International Space Station was carried out,” the message says. …
The engines of the Progress MS-16 cargo vehicle were turned on at 05:40 am and ran for 466 seconds. The impulse value was 0.5 m / s.
“At present, Russian specialists receive and process data on the new orbital parameters. According to preliminary calculations, after the maneuver, the station’s orbit height should be about 420.3 km above the Earth’s surface, increasing by 850 meters,” the Roskosmos noted.
Currently, there are seven crew members on board the ISS: Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Petr Dubrov, NASA astronauts Mark Wande Hai, Shane Kimbrow and Megan MacArthur, ESA astronaut Tom Peske, and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.
Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, as well as actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko are to fly on board the ISS onboard the Soyuz MS-19, who will shoot the first feature film in space.
Earlier in June it was reported that NASA and Roscosmos agreed to extend operation of the ISS until 2030. At the same time, back in April, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov announced Russia’s intentions create your own orbital station and exit the ISS project after 2025.
Also NASA said what will be instead of the ISS after 2030.
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