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The ascent will be carried out using the engines of the Progress MS-16 transport cargo ship, Roscosmos reported

MOSCOW, June 21. /TASS/. The height of the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) will be adjusted by 890 m on June 24. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Monday.

"The height of the orbit of the International Space Station on June 24, 2021, is planned to be increased by 890 m with the help of the engines of the Progress MS-16 transport cargo ship," the state corporation noted.

According to the calculated data of the ballistics and navigation support service of the TsNIIMash Mission Control Center, its engines will be turned on at 05: 25 Moscow time and will work for 466 seconds, the pulse will be 0.5 m/s. The average altitude of the station's orbit after the maneuver will be about 420.26 km above the Earth.

"The planned correction of the orbit is carried out in order to form ballistic conditions before the launch of the American CST-100 Starliner (Boe-OFT 2), the Soyuz MS-19 manned transport vehicle and the landing of the Soyuz MS-18 lander, "the press service added.

Currently, there are seven crew members on board the ISS: Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Peter Dubrov, NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hai, Shane Kimbrough and Megan MacArthur, European Space Agency astronaut Tom Pesquet, and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.

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