The spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the ISS on June 1
Today, May 30, 2024, at 12:42 Moscow time, Roscosmos specialists launched the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. with cargo ship «Progress MS-27».
As reported by Roscosmos, the launch of «Progress MS-27» into a given orbit, its separation from the third stage of the rocket, the opening of the antennas and solar panels of the ship took place as usual.
Docking «Progress MS-27» to the small research module «Search» Russian segment of the International Space Station is scheduled for June 1 at 14:47 Moscow time.
This is the eighth launch of a Russian launch vehicle in 2024, including the fourth — from Baikonur and the second — with the ship «Progress». For «Soyuz-2.1a» This flight was the 68th for ships of the «Progress» family. — 180th in history.
At «Progress MS-27» 2504 kg of cargo will be delivered to the ISS, including 1290 kg of apparatus and equipment for station systems, packaging for scientific experiments, clothing, food, medical and sanitary products, 754 kg of fuel for refueling the station, 420 kg of drinking water for astronauts and 40 kg of nitrogen to replenish the ISS atmosphere.