April 19, 2020
Categories: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Progress
Head fairing rolling on “Progress MS-14”

At the Baikonur cosmodrome the preparation of the “Progress MS-14” cargo spaceship is nearing completion for launch to the International Space Station.

On April 18, 2020, specialists from the enterprises of Roscosmos State Corporation carried out an on-site inspection of the ship at the stand of the Assembly and Testing building of site № 254, performed technological operations for rolling the head fairing and checked its launch readiness as part of the head part.

The launch of the “Soyuz-2.1a” launch vehicle with the “Progress MS-14” cargo spaceship is scheduled for April 25, 2020 at 04:51 (Moscow time) from the launch pad of site № 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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