MCC: ISS dodged the debris of the Chinese satellite

by time news

The press service of Roscosmos released a statement saying that the orbit of the International Space Station has been adjusted. This maneuver was necessary to evade the ISS from the debris of the Chinese satellite.

It is specified that the maneuver was carried out on November 10 at 23:15 Moscow time in order to avoid a collision with a fragment of the Chinese satellite Fengyun-1C.

“The docking and attitude control engines of the Progress MS-18 transport cargo vehicle docked to the ISS and docked to the Zvezda service module of the ISS Russian segment were switched on for six minutes.

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