ISS Orbit to Be Adjusted for Docking With Soyuz Spacecraft

© Flickr / NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center FollowThe International Space Station (ISS) uses a modular design first perfected by Soviet engineers in the 1980s.
The International Space Station (ISS) uses a modular design first perfected by Soviet engineers in the 1980s. - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The average orbital altitude of the International Space Station (ISS) will be increased on Wednesday by 400 meters (1,312 feet) with the help of the Progress MS-08 spacecraft's engines for docking with Soyuz spacecraft in June, Russia's Roscosmos space corporation said in a press release.

"According to the ISS flight plan, the ISS orbit trim is scheduled for March 14, 2018. To carry out the maneuver the engines of the Progress MS-08 spacecraft, docked with the ISS, will be turned on for 108 seconds at 00:25 a.m. Moscow Time [21:25 GMT on March 13]," the press release said on Monday.

The Soyuz TMA-19M capsule carrying International Space Station (ISS) crew members, Tim Peake of Britain, Yuri Malenchenko of Russia and Tim Kopra of the U.S., descends beneath a parachute just before landing near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on June 18, 2016 - Sputnik International
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As a result of the orbital trim maneuvers the average orbital altitude will increase to 404.5 kilometers (251.34 miles), the Mission Control Center of the Russian Federal Space Agency in Moscow Region's Korolyov told Sputnik.

The orbit adjustment will be conducted to create ballistic conditions for Soyuz MS-07 manned transport spacecraft's landing, which is scheduled for June 3, and the launch of Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft, set for June 6.

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