The SpaceX spacecraft conducted a demonstration of its engines to adjust the orbit of the International Space Station.
On November 8, SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft, which is docked at the International Space Station, conducted a demonstration of its engines to adjust the station's orbit.
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The ship's engines operated for 12 minutes and 30 seconds, raising the orbital altitude of the space station by 112 meters at apogee and 1126 meters at perigee.
Similar standard maneuvers to adjust the orbit of the space station are carried out by the "Progress" and Cygnus spacecraft; for Dragon, this was its first such test. SpaceX will take the test results into account when developing the spacecraft for deorbiting the ISS at the end of its operational life.