In order to form ballistic conditions before the start of the transport piloted ship “Union MS-18” on April 2, 2021, the next correction of the height of the orbit of the International Space Station is planned.
According to the preliminary data of the service of ballistic-navigation support of the Center for Flight Management TsNIIMASH (included in the State Corporation “Roskosmos”), at 15:29 Moscow time will be issued a team to include engines of the MS-14 Transport Cargo Ship engines that will work 129 seconds. The impulse will be 0.22 m / s. Currently, experts calculate the exact parameters of the increase in the height of the orbit, which will be reported additionally.
Now, on board the International Space Station, the crew is the crew as part of the astronauts of Roscosmos Sergey Ryzhikov, Sergey Kootlin Rubers and Astronaut NASA Kathlein Rubins, as well as arrived on November 17, 2020 on the ship Crew Dragon Astronauts NASA Michael Hopkins, Viktor Glover, Shannon Walker and Astronauts of the Japanese Agency Agency Aerosmatic Studies of Socychi Roots.