MOSCOW, May 30. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket launched the Progress MS cargo ship into orbit -27″, which will go to the International Space Station, the launch will be broadcast by Roscosmos.
“There is a shutdown of the third stage engine. There is a compartment of the Progress MS-27 transport cargo ship No. 457. The Progress MS-27 transport cargo ship has been launched into orbit of an artificial Earth satellite,” announced the launch commentator.
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The rocket launched at 12:43 Moscow time on Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The spacecraft separated from its third stage eight minutes and 49 seconds after launch. Flight of “Progress” It will take two days to reach the station, docking is scheduled at 14:47 Moscow time on June 1.
As Roscosmos clarified, the deployment of the ship’s antennas and solar panels went as expected.
“Progress MS-27” with a total weight of 7.4 tons will deliver more than 2.5 tons of cargo to the station, including 1.3 tons of dry cargo for the station systems and the ISS crew. As the state corporation clarified, equipment for the Biopolymer, Interaction-2, Virtual, Correction, Neuroimmunity, Pilot-T and Hurricane experiments will go into orbit.
In addition, on board Progress there are 754 kilograms of fuel for refueling the station, 420 kilograms of drinking water and 40 kilograms of nitrogen to replenish the atmosphere of the International Space Station.
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