In order to form ballistic conditions before the start of the transport piloted ship “Soyuz MS-19” and the landing of the Soyuz MS-18 for September 11, 2021, the next scheduled correction of the height of the orbit of the International Space Station is planned.
According to the service of the ballistic-navigation provision of the Center for Flight Management TsNIIMASH (included in the state corporation “Roscosmos”), at 21:54 Moscow time will be issued a team on the inclusion of the engines of the “Star” service module of the Russian Segment of the ISS, which will work 31 seconds . After holding a corrective maneuver, the height of the station orbits will increase by 750 meters.
The parameters of the ISS orbit after the correction maneuver should be:
- Caption: 92.94 min;
- Orbit: 51.66 degrees;
- Minimum orbit height: 419,30 km
- Maximum height Orbits: 439.49 km.
Now ISS employs the 65th expedition as part of Russians Oleg Novitsky and Peter Dubrova, Americans Marka Wante Haya, Shane Kimbrow and Megan MacArthur, Japanese Akikhiko Hoshide (station commander) and French Tom sand.