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Progress MS-13 spacecraft to adjust ISS orbit

Russian Aviaton » Monday March 30, 2020 12:26 MSK
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An International Space Station orbit correction is scheduled for April 2, 2020 to form a working orbit prior to the Progress MS-14 launch.

According to Mission Control Center preliminary data, Progress MS-13 engines will be switched on at 12:41 UTC for 427.5 seconds thus increasing the station orbit altitude by 900 meters to about 420 kilometers above Earth.

Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-14 cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch from site No. 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 25, 2020.