Adjusting the trajectory of ISS

International Space Station (ISS) will be adjusted trajectory to an additional 3.2km, to a height of 390km compared to Earth, RIA Novosti leads information from Russia's Mission Control Center said today, 26 / ten.

The orbit change of the ISS will be implemented by the thrust of the Russian Zvezda module on ISS, the source said.

There are 3 astronauts working on ISS

The Zvezda module pusher will start to raise the $ 100 billion space station to a new orbit starting at 19:52 on October 26 (VN time).

It is known that the change of ISS trajectory is to ensure a convenient connection for the space station with the Progress M-13M and Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft in the near future.

This periodic trajectory change also helps ISS offset the decline in orbit by the impact of gravity and avoid ISS facing the risk of crashing into space junk.

Three astronauts on the ISS are Sergei Volkov (Roscosmos), Michael Fossum (NASA's Aeronautics and Space Agency - NASA) and Satoshi Furukawa (JAXA).

According to the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), the Soyuz train sent three astronauts to work on the station soon to take off on November 14. Earlier, at the end of October was the Progress ship's flight.