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Washington, July 16 (IANS) A Cygnus cargo spaceship left the International Space Station (ISS), after increasing the altitude of the station about 282 feet (86 meters), the media reported.

The unmanned spaceship Cygnus OA-9, also known as the "SSJR" Thompson, left the ISS at 8:37 am EDT (12:37 GMT) on July 15, reported Space.com Sunday. 19659005] Before starting his journey back to Earth, the Cygnus – built and launched by Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (NGIS) – while the Cygnus was still docked at the Space Station's Unity module on July 10, the spacecraft put fire at its main engine for 50 seconds .seconds as part of a test to determine if the cargo ship can be used to raise the orbit of the space station, "said Frank DeMauro, vice president NGIS 'advanced programs, quoted by Space.com

The ISS revolves around the Earth at an altitude of about 248 miles (400 km) and a small amount of atmospheric drag makes it slow, lowering its altitude by about 1.2 miles (2 km) per month

. n to boost its own orbit using embedded propellers, but "right now all the raising of the orbit is done When the Cygnus stimulated the station's orbit on July 10, it became the first American spacecraft to raise the orbit of the ISS since space shuttles retired in 2011, the

The elevation of the ISS altitude l & # 39; Not only prevents escape from space, but can also help the space station to stay away from orbital debris.

The Cygnus OA-9 spacecraft took off on an Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia.

He arrived at the ISS on May 24 with 7,385 lbs (3350 kgs) of scientific experiments, food, clothing, equipment and other supplies for six people. The Crew of the Expedition 55.

Currently, Cygnus OA-9 will remain in low Earth orbit for the next two weeks to deploy six small satellites called cubesats using the external CubeSat Deployer NanoRacks

. this, it will desorb and fall to Earth, burning in the atmosphere somewhere above the Pacific Ocean, the report says.

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Last update: 16-July-2018

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