The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) has been adjusted to perform an evasion maneuver from the wreckage of the American Pegasus rocket. This was announced on December 3 at the EAEU forum "Space Integration" by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
"Five minutes ago, the ISS evaded space debris — the remnants of the Pegasus launch vehicle," he said.
At the same time, Roscosmos stated that the maneuver took place in normal mode.
Thus, according to the state corporation, the engines of the Russian Progress spacecraft worked for a total of 160.9 seconds, while lowering the average altitude of the ISS orbit by 310 m.
The fact that a fragment of the American Pegasus rocket will fly near the ISS became known on December 1.
As specified in Roscosmos, on December 3, a fragment of the stage of the launch vehicle launched in 1994 will get closer to the space station by at least 5.4 km.
