The height of the orbit of the International Space Station was adjusted in order to form ballistic conditions before removing into the orbit of the piloted ship “Union MS-21” and planting the descent vehicle “Union MS-19”. According to preliminary data, after maneuver, the height of the ISS orbit increased by 1.2 km.
Wednesday, January 12, 2022, at 21:24 Moscow time a team was issued and engines of the Progress MS-18 cargo ship were included, docked to the Russian segment of the ISS. They worked 395.4 seconds, and the impulse value was 0.73 m / s. Currently, the specialists of the service of ballistic-navigation support of the Center for Flight Management TsNIIMASH (part of the state corporation “Roskosmos”) are studying telemetry. The parameters of the ISS orbit after maneuvers will be reported additionally.
The launch of the piloted ship “Union MS-21” with the crew of the 67th long expedition is scheduled for March 18, 2022 at 18:55 Moscow time. Landing the descended apparatus of the ship “Union MS-19” with astronauts of Roscosmos Anton Savage and Peter Dubrov, and NASA astronaut Mark Vanda Haem is scheduled for March 30 at 14:27 Moscow time.
In addition to the lackarer, Dubrov and Vanda Haya, on board the International Space Station, the NASA Astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marsh and Kayl Barron, and the Astronaut of the European Space Agency Mattias Maurer are working.