“Progress M-26M” will increase the height of the orbit of the ISS flight of two kilometers – RIA Novosti

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MOSCOW, May 6 – RIA Novosti. docked to the ISS transport ship “Progress M-26M” Wednesday morning will increase the average height of the orbit of the International Space Station flight of two kilometers, RIA Novosti learned from the Mission Control Center (MCC).

“The correction is needed to create optimal conditions to ensure ballistic undock 14 in May from the ISS and return to Earth, the crew of the ship “Soyuz TMA-15M.” Engines “Progress M-26M” will be included in 08.15 MSK May 6 to 737 seconds. As a result of their work the average height of the ISS orbit flight will increase by 2.14 kilometer and will reach about 400 kilometers, “- said the official.

At present, work on the ISS Russians Gennady Padalka, Mikhail Kornienko and Anton Shkaplerov and NASA astronauts Scott Kelly, Terry vents, and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Kristoforetti. “Soyuz TMA-15M” with Shkaplerovym, Kristoforetti Vёrtsom undock and May 14. Despite the bad flight space truck “Progress M-27M”, May 26 from Baikonur scheduled start next expedition to the “Soyuz TMA-17M” will fly to the ISS, Oleg Kononenko (Roscosmos), Yui Kimia (JAXA) and Chell Lindgren (NASA) .

abnormal situation with the spacecraft “Progress M-27M” occurred the morning of April 8 truck after the launch of a rocket “Soyuz 2.1a” from “Baikonur” for unclear reasons, was launched into an unplanned orbit. Docking with the ISS has been canceled, and the Federal Space Agency has decided to sink the ship as it continued controlled flight was impossible.