Орбиту МКС скорректировали более чем на 3 км перед прилётом «Союз МС-27»

The "Progress MS-28" cargo ship helped to raise the orbit

The "Progress MS-28" cargo ship has corrected the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS), Roscosmos press service reported.

ISS
ISS

As a result of the maneuvers, the average altitude of the station's orbit increased by 3.2 km and amounted to 417.44 km.

Roscosmos added that the engines of the "Progress MS-28" cargo ship, docked to the "Zvezda" service module of the Russian segment of the ISS, were activated at 11:58 Moscow time.

According to preliminary data from the Mission Control Center of the Central Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering, the engines worked for 1227.2 seconds, delivering an impulse of 1.82 m/s.
Roscosmos

The launch of the "Soyuz MS-27" manned spacecraft to the International Space Station is scheduled for April this year.

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