Altitude Of ISS Orbit Increased By About 0.75 Miles - Russian Space Center

Altitude of ISS Orbit Increased by About 0.75 Miles - Russian Space Center

The altitude of the International Space Station's (ISS) orbit was raised by 1.2 kilometers (about 0.75 miles) on Saturday using the engines of Russia's Progress MS-10 cargo spacecraft, Russian rocket and spacecraft scientific center TsNIIMash told Sputnik

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 23rd March, 2019) The altitude of the International Space Station's (ISS) orbit was raised by 1.2 kilometers (about 0.75 miles) on Saturday using the engines of Russia's Progress MS-10 cargo spacecraft, Russian rocket and spacecraft scientific center TsNIIMash told Sputnik.

"The maneuver has been carried out in a normal mode. The Progress MS-10 freighter's engines started at 5:22 p.m. Moscow time [14:22 GMT] and were on for over 340 seconds," the center's spokesperson said.

The spokesperson added that the ISS orbit's altitude was increased to 409.4 kilometers.

The aim of the maneuver is to prepare the ISS for docking of the Progress MS-11 space freighter, which is expected to depart to the ISS from the Baikonur cosmodrome on April 4. This will be the second launch of Progress spacecraft via super fast three-hour two-orbit scheme after the launch of Progress MS-09 in July.

The last correction of orbit took place on February 26. The height of the ISS was increased by 1.6 kilometers. The aim of the correction was to prepare the station for docking of the Soyuz MS-12 manned spacecraft, which was launched on March 14.