January 13, 2022

On January 12, 2022, RSC Energia specialists arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome to perform the final processing of the Progress MS-19 cargo spacecraft under the 80th re-supply mission program to the International Space Station.

After holidays, the processing facility at Site 254 resumes preflight tests of the transport spacecraft scheduled to fly to the ISS in 2022. In the nearest time, the company specialists will start dealing with Progress MS-19 currently in storage mode at its worksite in the integration and test facility.

Furthermore, a Аn-12 transport aircraft is to arrive at the Cosmodrome tomorrow and deliver equipment and cargo to be sent to the ISS on Progress MS-19.

The Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with Progress MS-19 is scheduled to launch on February 2022 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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