The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) was changed in the morning on Friday, December 24th. About this, the state corporation “Roskosmos” reported in twitter -Kackown.
According to the message, the height of the ISS orbit was reduced by about 1.8 kilometers to start preparing for the launch of the piloted ship “Union MS-21”. It is specified that the engines of the MS-18 Progress Cargo ship were included at 04:18 Moscow time and worked 539.4 seconds.
In 2022, Russia plans to run five ships to the ISS: two piloted “union” and three “progress” freight. The first start is scheduled on March 18, Russian astronauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveyev and Sergey Korsakov, will fly to the “Union MS-21”, Denis Matveyev and Sergey Korsakov. On September 21, Sergey Prokopyev, Anna Kikina and Dmitry Perezin, will be departed on the “Union of MC-22”, Anna Kikina and Dmitry Pleetin.
In addition, the Russian cargo ship “Progress MS-19”, the launch of which is scheduled for February 15, 2022 from the Baikonur cosmodrome, will make a record annual flight to the ISS. He will stay in the MCS up to 370 days.