November 19, 2021
Categories: Baikonur spaceport
Progress M-UM spacecraft-module ready for final assembly with launch vehicle

The Progress M-UM cargo spacecraft-module carrying the Prichal Node Module has been sent to final assembly with the launch vehicle at the Baikonur Cosmodrome

Today specialists from RSC Energia and core enterprises of Roscosmos transported the spacecraft-module as part of the ascent unit from the Site 254 processing facility to the integration and test facility of Site 31 for the upcoming assembly of the Souyz-2.1b integrated launch vehicle.

The universal Prichal Node Module developed and built by RSC Energia is designed to enhance technical and operational capabilities of the ISS Russian Segment. Prichal within Progress M-UM is to be launched on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket on November 24, 2021.

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