All launches will take place from Baikonur
MOSCOW, January 4. /tass/. Three Progress MS cargo transport ships will be launched to the ISS from Baikonur this year. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Tuesday.
"In accordance with the flight schedule approved by the Roscosmos State Corporation under the Russian program of the International Space Station, three launches of Progress MS cargo ships are planned in 2022," the report says.
As specified in the state corporation, all launches will be carried out from the launch pad No. 31 of the Baikonur cosmodrome. The first Progress MS-19 cargo ship in 2022 will go into orbit on February 15 at 07:25 Moscow time. "According to preliminary data, he will stay in space for more than a year - 370 days," they noted.
Progress MS-20 will be launched on June 3 at 12:33 Moscow Time for 173 days, and Progress MS-21 will be launched on October 26 at 03:19 Moscow Time for 247 days.
"Each of them will deliver to the International Space Station cargo with a total mass of more than 2.5 tons, necessary to maintain its flight in manned mode and the implementation of the Russian program of scientific and applied research," the message says.
Earlier, the press service of Roscosmos reported that cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, who are currently on the International Space Station, found a possible last leak of the intermediate chamber of the Zvezda module on the ISS. As specified in the state corporation, the means to eliminate leaks will be delivered on the next "Progress".
