The orbit of the International Space Station has been adjusted to form the necessary ballistic conditions for the launch of the new cargo ship 'Progress MS-25'.
According to the Roscosmos press service, the engines of the cargo ship 'Progress MS-24' docked to the Russian segment of the ISS, were turned on at 06:46 Moscow time and worked for 1029.9 seconds, delivering a pulse of 1.5 m/s.
After this, the average height of the ISS orbit increased by 2.8 km and amounted to 418.23 km above the Earth's surface. 'Progress MS-25' is expected to take off from the Baikonur cosmodrome with the carrier rocket 'Soyuz-2.1a' on December 1 of this year.
Work on the ISS is proceeding as usual. However, after a recent accident on the Russian 'Science' module, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) extended the ban on spacewalks until the end of the year.
The date for the spacewalk was adjusted to give engineers additional time to complete the analysis of the coolant leak, which occurred and ceased on October 9. The coolant is not toxic and not dangerous for the crew, but experts are discussing how best to prevent small traces of substance from entering some internal systems to avoid damaging the equipment and its destruction over time. The tasks planned for this spacewalk are not time-dependent, and adjusting the schedule will in no way affect the operation of the space station.
Roscosmos has not yet reported that they cancel the next spacewalk of the Russians on October 25. Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub are supposed to install a radar on the damaged 'Science' module for observing the earth's surface, launch the student nanosatellite 'Parus-MGTU', and take a photo of the leak site to send the photos to Earth.