ISS increased its trajectory to receive supply ships

The International Space Station (ISS) on February 29 was adjusted by the Russian Mission Control Center to increase the trajectory by 2.1km to facilitate the reception of the next supply vessel, according to RIA Novosti. .

Accordingly, ISS is pushed to a new position thanks to the thrust of the Russian Zvezda module on ISS.

ISS orbit increased by 1.2m per second. The final elevation added a total of 2.1km and the space station's orbit now reaches a height of 391.3km, an ISS spokeswoman said.

There are six astronauts working on ISS - (Photo: Reuters)

The increase in orbit for ISS was carried out regularly to help this $ 100 billion space station compensate for the loss of altitude due to the gravity of the earth, as well as to facilitate ISS to connect with ships. Space.

In addition to the Zvezda module's propulsion engine, the ISS help is higher, thanks to the Russian Progress ships.

It is known that this height adjustment to help ISS prepare to welcome unmanned supply vessel Progress M-15M, will be launched into space on April 20 from the Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Ahead of the Progress M-15M, on January 26, Russia also launched the Progress M-14M, carrying more than 2.6 tons of cargo to provide astronauts working on the station.

Currently ISS is presenting six astronauts from the 30th ISS international fleet with the commander, 50-year-old American astronaut Dan Burbank.

The remaining astronauts include Donald Pettit (USA), Oleg Kononenko, Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoly Ivanishin (the same of Russia) and Andre Kuipers (Netherlands).