“Roskosmos” reported that on 29 July was performed the correction of the orbit of the International space station.
This was reported on the website of the company.
It is noted that the engines of the cargo ship “Progress MS-14”, which have undergone correction, included in 16:57 GMT to 336 seconds, as a result, ISS received a boost at 0.65 m/s.
“After the corrective maneuver, the average height of the ISS orbit increased by 1.1 km”, — stated in the message.
“Roskosmos” reported that this operation was carried out with a view to the formation of ballistic conditions, before the launch of manned spacecraft “Soyuz MS-17”.
Earlier it was reported that the cargo spacecraft “Progress MS-15”, launched from Baikonur with the carrier rocket “Soyuz-2.1 a”, docked to the ISS.
