The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) has been adjusted in preparation for the arrival of the Soyuz MS-26 manned spacecraft and the undocking of the Soyuz MS-25, which are scheduled for September 2024.
Roscosmos reported that the Progress MS-26 cargo ship, docked to the Zvezda service module of the Russian segment of the ISS, helped to raise the station's orbit by 3.1 km. Now the average altitude of the station's orbit is 418.1 km.
Soyuz MS-26 will go into Earth orbit on approximately September 11. The main crew includes Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner, as well as NASA astronaut Donald Pettit.
The return to Earth of the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft with Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub and NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson is expected on September 23.
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