"MS-20 Progress" took away ISS from collision with space debris

Engines of the Russian ship "MS-20 Progress" took away ISS from potential collision with space debris, reported in the press service ROSKOSMOS STATE CORPORATION. "According to service of ballistiko-navigation providing the Center of management flights TSNIIMASH, on June 16 at 22.03 engines of the cargo ship "MS-20 Progress" docked to the office Star module of the Russian segment of ISS were switched on Moscow time. They worked nearly 275 seconds, the size of an impulse made 0,5 m/s. As a result the average height of an orbit of station increased approximately by 890 meters", – is spoken in the message on a state corporation site...