The orbit of the ISS will be corrected to 421 km on November 16

The next ISS orbit correction will take place on November 16, TASS reports.

Roscosmos clarified that the maneuver will be carried out using the engines of the Progress MS- 18 freight vehicles. They & nbsp; will be on at 8:40 p.m. Moscow time and run for 478 seconds.

The average altitude of the orbit of the station will increase by approximately 1.3 km and will be approximately 420.76 km above the Earth's surface .

Earlier it was reported that cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov has become the new commander of the ISS. His powers were transferred to him by European Space Agency astronaut Tom Pesce. The Russian will lead the international crew of the 66th Long-Term Expedition until they return to Earth.

There are now seven people at the station. The dispatch of the third crew aboard Crew Dragon to the ISS has been postponed to at least November 10. & nbsp;

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