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| ISS orbit was raised by 3.5 km for docking with the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft |
| 2024-06-16 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The orbit of the International Space Station was increased by three and a half kilometers in preparation for docking with the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft. The press service of the state corporation Roscosmosreported this on June 15 It is noted that the weekend on the ISS began with orbit correction for the upcoming launch and docking with the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft and the landing of the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft. The state corporation clarified that at 07:40 Moscow time, the engines of the Progress MS-26 cargo ship turned on and worked for 1390.3 seconds, producing an impulse of 2 m/s. “After the maneuver, the average altitude of the ISS orbit increased by 3.5 km and amounted to 418.38 km above the Earth’s surface,” the report says. As Regnum reported, earlier on June 15, it became known that astronauts from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) were delayed on the ISS due to failures in the systems of Boeing's Starliner. It was noted that five different leaks were found in the ship’s propulsion system. Roscosmos announced on June 5 that cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko became the first person in world history whose total space flight exceeded a thousand days. The astronaut is already on his fifth space flight since September 15, 2023 on the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft. Related: International Space Station: 2024-06-06 Boeing launches NASA astronauts for the first time after years of delays International Space Station: 2024-05-12 Magnetic storm on Earth has reached its peak. Auroras will intensify International Space Station: 2024-05-04 Russian astronomer explains the appearance of the northern lights in central Russia in May |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 It's an easier world where you can just move the target. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2024-06-16 08:43 |
| #1 Because they missed? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-06-16 06:35 |