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Is Soyuz serial number already known?
Soyuz 2.1a C15000-052 for Progress MS-20

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https://www.aex.ru/news/2022/5/29/244530/

The technical complex of the Baikonur Cosmodrome is completing the preparation of cargo spacecraft Progress MS-20 to fly to the International Space Station on the 81st supply mission. This was reported by the press service of Roscosmos.

Today, May 29, 2022 spacecraft as part of the space head part has arrived in the assembly and testing building of the site number 31 for the general assembly with the launch vehicle. Before the spacecraft was shipped from pad 254, specialists from the Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (a member of Roscosmos) and Roscosmos specialized companies tilted the SC to the horizontal position and loaded it into the transport unit.

Start of the launch vehicle "Soyuz-2.1a" with spacecraft Progress MS-20 is scheduled for June 3, 2022. The mission program of the spacecraft provides for an ultra-fast two-loop autonomous rendezvous with delivery to the ISS about 2 500 kg of cargo, including refueling fuel, potable water and compressed gases, as well as 1 458 kg of various equipment and materials for the crew of the 67th long-duration expedition.


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#ProgressMS20 to be launched to the ISS in June 1st week The Russian cargo ship will carry propellant and supplies and a 3D-Printer to the Exp-67 crew of ISS, on its 81st supply mission to space..

https://twitter.com/nkknspace/status/1531372178922274816

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The #Soyuz2.1a launch vehicle has been assembled with the #ProgressMS20 cargo spacecraft. Tomorrow morning it will be rolled out to the launch pad!

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1531286564617261063

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Rollout and raising livestream:


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Re: Soyuz-2.1a - Progress MS-20 (№450) - 3 June 2022
« Reply #25 on: 05/31/2022 04:07 am »
The launch of the Progress-MS 20 cargo ship will be dedicated to the DPR and LPR.

Roskosmos: the launch of the Progress-MS 20 cargo ship will be dedicated to the DPR and LPR.

17:39 27.04.2022

MOSCOW, April 27 - RIA Novosti. Director General of Roskosmos Dmitry Rogozin decided to dedicate the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Progress MS-20 cargo ship to the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, according to the website of the state corporation.

"He (Rogozin - ed.) decided to dedicate the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the Progress MS-20 cargo ship not only to Donetsk, but also to the Lugansk People's Republic," the message says.

The state corporation specifies that the flags of the DPR , LPR and the image of a brave Ukrainian grandmother, who, with the flag of the USSR, refused to accept products from the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, will be applied to the nose fairing of the rocket . The inscription "Donbass" will be applied to the second stage of the launch vehicle.

Earlier, Rogozin said that he would support the idea of ​​naming the next Progress cargo ship, which will fly to the International Space Station , "Donbass" .

The launch of the Progress MS-20 truck to the ISS is scheduled for June 3, 2022.

https://ria.ru/20220427/kosmos-1785802695.html

Some of the markings as seen during the rollout.
The “old woman’s drawing” hasn’t been seen yet though.
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Dedicated to the people they are slaughtering.

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Dedicated to the people they are slaughtering.

Exactly. Meaning of the writing in the last screenshot posted above is "Russia Does Not Abandon Its Own", with the flags for the puppet (and ill-defined) "Donetsk and Lugansk Popular Republics". To be fair they don't specify what they do with those they don't abandon, or who are "their own".

Rogozin appears to have fun with stickers though, wonder if they're still 3M as the white ones for the OneWeb Soyuz flags.
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The rocket with the Progress MS-20 truck was taken to the launch pad at Baikonur.

The Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Progress MS-20 truck was taken to the launch pad at Baikonur.

07:00 05/31/2022 (updated: 10:29 05/31/2022)

BAIKONUR COSMODROME, May 31 - RIA Novosti. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Progress MS-20 cargo ship, which will leave for the International Space Station in a few days, was taken out of the assembly and test building and installed on the launch pad at Baikonur, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

A special train took the rocket out of the assembly and test building of the cosmodrome at 5.30 Moscow time. The Soyuz was delivered to site No. 31 of the cosmodrome and placed in a vertical position.

Refueling of the rocket will take place a few hours before the launch on June 3. The launch of the rocket with the ship is scheduled for 12.32 Moscow time. A few minutes after that, the ship will enter Earth orbit, where its solar panels and antennas will open. Then "Progress" will independently continue its way to the ISS .

The spacecraft will fly in an ultra-short two-orbit pattern and from launch to docking with the station will make two revolutions around the Earth . It will take him a little over three hours.

"Progress MS-20" will bring fuel, water, compressed nitrogen and various equipment - on-board resource equipment, tools and devices for spacewalks, cables, sensors, medical supplies and clothing. Also in the ship are stacks for conducting experiments on the study of the human digestive and immune systems, the influence of flight factors on the body, the development of new sterilizing agents, as well as the study of the influence of microorganisms on the strength of materials in space.

In addition, Progress houses two pairs of ultra-small spacecraft YuZGU-55 No. 11 and No. 12 and Tsiolkovsky-Ryazan No. 1 and No. 2, which the cosmonauts will launch into orbit during one of the upcoming spacewalks. Also among the cargo is a 3D printer developed by the Rocket and Space Corporation (RKK) Energia. Products printed on it will be returned to Earth to study the impact of microgravity on additive manufacturing.

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket with Progress MS-20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on June 3 will be dedicated to the DPR and LPR . The flags of the republics will be applied to the head fairing of the rocket. Children from Donbass also came to watch the launch .

Three Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemiev , Denis Matveev and Serey Korsakov, Americans Chell Lindgren , Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, and Italian Samantha Cristoforetti are currently working on board the International Space Station .

Progress MS-20 will spend 173 days in space.

https://ria.ru/20220531/baykonur-1791913296.html

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Rollout of Soyuz rocket adorned with DPR, LPR flags commenced at Baikonur Cosmodrome.

30 MAY, 20:58

The rocket is scheduled for launch at 12:32 Moscow time on June 3
BAIKONUR COSMODROME /Kazakhstan/, May 31. /TASS/. The rollout of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft to launch pad 31 began at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

The rocket is being transported horizontally via railroad on the transportation and installation machine. The second stage of the rocked is adorned with "Donbass" caption, while the nose cone bears flags of Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.

The rocket is scheduled for launch at 12:32 Moscow time on June 3. The Progress MS-20 spacecraft will deliver 2.5 tonnes of cargo to the International Space Station, including 599 kg of fuel, 420 liters of water, 40 kg of compressed nitrogen and about 1,458 kilograms of various equipment and materials, plus means of medical control, sanitary and hygienic supplies, clothes, standard food rations and fresh food for the crew. The spacecraft will also deliver a 3D printer to the station.

https://tass.com/science/1458197

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Soyuz 2.1a #Progress20 installed on pad 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome.

https://twitter.com/nkknspace/status/1531533342885089281

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May 31, 2022
MEDIA ADVISORY M22-076
NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Space Station Cargo Launch, Docking
Russia's Progress 78 resupply ship approaches the International Space Station for a docking to the Poisk module two days after lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Russia's Progress 78 resupply ship approaches the International Space Station for a docking to the Poisk module two days after lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Credits: NASA

NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 67 crew aboard the International Space Station.

The unpiloted Russian Progress 81 is scheduled to launch at 5:32 a.m. EDT (2:32 p.m. Baikonur time) Friday, June 3, on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Coverage will begin at 5:15 a.m. on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.

The Progress spacecraft will be placed into a fast-track, two-orbit journey to link up to the aft port of the station’s Zvezda service module at 9:02 a.m. Friday, June 3. NASA coverage of rendezvous and docking will begin at 8:15 a.m.

The International Space Station is a convergence of science, technology, and human innovation that demonstrates new technologies and enables research not possible on Earth. NASA recently recognized 21 years of continuous human presence aboard the orbiting laboratory, which has hosted 258 people and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft. The space station remains the springboard to NASA's next great leap in exploration including missions to the Moon under Artemis and ultimately, human exploration of Mars.

Learn more about the International Space Station, its research, and crew, at:

https://www.nasa.gov/station

[zubenelgenubi: Error in lede paragraph.  Docking is two orbits after launch, not two days.]
« Last Edit: 06/02/2022 03:23 pm by zubenelgenubi »
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May 31, 2022
MEDIA ADVISORY M22-076
NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Space Station Cargo Launch, Docking
Russia's Progress 78 resupply ship approaches the International Space Station for a docking to the Poisk module two days after lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Russia's Progress 78 resupply ship approaches the International Space Station for a docking to the Poisk module two days after lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Credits: NASA

NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 67 crew aboard the International Space Station.

The unpiloted Russian Progress 81 is scheduled to launch at 5:32 a.m. EDT (2:32 p.m. Baikonur time) Friday, June 3, on a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Coverage will begin at 5:15 a.m. on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.

The Progress spacecraft will be placed into a fast-track, two-orbit journey to link up to the aft port of the station’s Zvezda service module at 9:02 a.m. Friday, June 3. NASA coverage of rendezvous and docking will begin at 8:15 a.m.

The International Space Station is a convergence of science, technology, and human innovation that demonstrates new technologies and enables research not possible on Earth. NASA recently recognized 21 years of continuous human presence aboard the orbiting laboratory, which has hosted 258 people and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft. The space station remains the springboard to NASA's next great leap in exploration including missions to the Moon under Artemis and ultimately, human exploration of Mars.

Learn more about the International Space Station, its research, and crew, at:

https://www.nasa.gov/station

I hope NASA is sensitive enough to obscure the contentious wording on the side of the rocket.

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We talked about the preparations for the docking of the Progress MS-20 spacecraft @SergKorsakov..

https://twitter.com/Space_Dahlia/status/1531952817849700353

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The launch of “Soyuz-2.1a” rocket-carrier along with the “Progress MS-20” spacecraft is scheduled for 12.32 Moscow time on June 3, 2022. The second stage of the rocket has the sign “Donbass” on it as well as the flags of the #DPR and #LPR. CC: @SergKorsakov..

https://twitter.com/SpaceGirlLina/status/1531874648136159232


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This morning, Soyuz 2.1a with the #ProgressMS20 cargo spacecraft has been rolled out and now is vertical on the launch pad. The launch is scheduled for June 3, 09:32 UTC, and on 13:03 it will dock to the Zvezda module.

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1531516026424283138

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Orbital Launch no.60 of 2022 Progress MS-20 | Roscosmos | June 03 | 0532 ET @Roscosmos 2nd cargo resupply mission of 2022. #ProgressMS20 will launch to @Space_Station atop #Soyuz 2.1a  from #Baikonur cosmodrome.1st resupply mission for Progress spacecraft #ISS..

https://twitter.com/SpaceIntellige3/status/1532028868621737987

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