Russia’s TsNIIMash Mission Control Center increased orbit of ISS before next launch of Soyuz manned spacecraft

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Russia’s TsNIIMash Mission Control Center increased orbit of ISS before next launch of Soyuz manned spacecraft

Specialists of Russia’s TsNIIMash Mission Control Center carried out a maneuver to increase the average orbital altitude of the International Space Station (ISS), using the thrusters of the Progress MS-14 resupply ship, according to an expert from Russia’s Mission Control Center. This reported by TASS.

"We report a successful maneuver," the expert said adding that the maneuver to increase the ISS orbit was carried out to ensure the docking of the Soyuz MS-18 manned spacecraft, which is scheduled for the spring of 2021.

The maneuver to increase the altitude of the orbital outpost was executed with the use of thrusters of the Progress MS-14 resupply ship, which is docked to the assembly compartment of the Zvezda module.

A spokesman for the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos told TASS earlier that thrusters of the Progress MS-14 resupply ship were scheduled to be fired at 22:50 Moscow time (November 12) and then be operated for 363.5 seconds.

As a result of the maneuver, the space station’s average orbital altitude was set to increase by 1.2 kilometers (0.7 miles) to 419.4 kilometers (260.6 miles) over the Earth’s surface.