The Russian Progress MS-18 cargo ship will recover from space debris from the International Space Station (ISS) on April 23. It is reported telegram account Roscosmos
The ship’s engines will start at 16.25 Moscow time, after which a thrust of 1 m / s will be given to the station, which will help increase its height by 1.8 km. The state agency said that the minimum altitude of the station after the maneuver will be 413.91 km, the maximum – 437.54.
According to Roskosmos, the Russian segment of the ISS is responsible for creating station orbit corrections, they are carried out on average 11 times a year. Fixes are needed to avoid space debris, especially from the ISS.
After the cessation of flights of US shuttles and European ATV ships, it turned out that Russian engines are the only regular way to maintain the altitude of the International Space Station’s orbit.
Russian engines also support the steering of the station in space, and they also unload the gyrodes of the American segment.
At the beginning of April 19 reportedHe said that Russian cosmonauts on the ISS have completed a spacewalk.
Source: Gazeta
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