In order to form ballistic conditions before the launch and docking of the transport piloted ship “Union of MS-19”, as well as the domain and landing of the Soyuz MS-18, specialists of the Russian Flight Management Center will hold the height correction of the orbit of the International Space Station.
According to preliminary data of the Ballistic-navigation and navigation support center for TsNiyamash flights (part of Roskosmos State Corporation), August 19, 2021 at 07:04 Moscow time will include the engines of the Star service module, which will work 47 seconds, And the magnitude of the pulse will be 0.67 m / s. After this maneuvers, the average height of the ISS should increase by 1.2 km and reach 420.84 km.
Currently, on board the International Space Station, the crew of the 65th long expedition is operating as part of the astronauts of Roskosmos Oleg Novitsky and Peter Dubrov and Astronaut NASA Mark Vanda Haya, arriving on April 9, 2021 on the piloted ship “Union MS-18”, and Also members of the crew crew Crew Dragon – NASA Astronauts Shane Cybrou and Megan MacArthur, Astronaut of the European Space Agency Space Agency and Astronaut of the Japanese Aerospace Research Akihikhiko Hoshide Research.