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The initial phase of the factory comprehensive tests of the Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft was completed at the control and test station of the S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (part of Roskosmos State Corporation). Today, on June 24, 2021 it left for the Baikonur Cosmodrome to continue the regular training in accordance with the schedule of programs of transport support of the Russian segment of the International Space Station.

Since the middle of March this year Progress MS-20 underwent in full the program of autonomous tests of onboard systems and units. Further checks of electrical tests of the spacecraft equipment with test activations of radio systems for rendezvous and docking, motion control and navigation, digital television and telemetry completed the firmware operation of the onboard computer system.

After the completion of integrated, pneumatic vacuum and acceptance tests ship "Progress MS-20" passed the procedure of exit control and was prepared for shipment to the spaceport by rail.

The launch of a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft under the 81st mission of supplying the Russian segment of the International Space Station is scheduled for next spring.


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Re: Soyuz-2-1a - Progress MS-20 (№450) - June 2022
« Reply #1 on: 08/11/2021 01:46 am »
From 28 May 2021:
FY 2022 Congressional Justification NASA Budget Request - Crew and Cargo Project Schedule , p. 225 (SO-30).

Table puts this launch in June 2022 (possibly early June for a spring launch, as stated by Roscosmos).

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Re: Soyuz-2.1a - Progress MS-20 (№450) - 3 June 2022
« Reply #2 on: 09/29/2021 06:59 am »
Cross-post; my bold:
https://ria.ru/20210929/mks-1752246290.html
MOSCOW, September 29 - RIA Novosti.
Russia will send five ships to the ISS in 2022
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Russia plans to send two Soyuz manned spacecraft and three Progress cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station next year, according to the station's flight program, which was at the disposal of RIA Novosti.

According to the document, on March 18, 2022, it is planned to launch the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemiev, Denis Matveyev and Sergey Korsakov, and on September 21, the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft with Sergey Prokopyev, Anna Kikina and Dmitry Petelin.

In addition, launches of Progress MS-19 (February 15), Progress MS-20 (June 3) and Progress MS-21 (October 26) are expected.
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Until the end of the year, the same number of launches are planned: October 5 - Soyuz MS-19 with cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, director Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild, October 28 - Progress MS-18, November 24 - Progress M-UM with the Prichal module, December 8 -Soyuz MS-20 with cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin and Japanese space tourists Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano.
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Re: Soyuz-2.1a - Progress MS-20 (№450) - 3 June 2022
« Reply #3 on: 09/29/2021 07:54 am »
Cross-post:
Vacuum tests of the Progress MS-18 cargo vehicle began at Baikonur
I presume:
Suspended: Progress MS-18.
Vertical: Soyuz MS-20 (farthest from camera), Progress MS-19, Progress MS-20.
(I don't know how to distinguish the identities of the two Progress spacecraft.)
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Re: Soyuz-2.1a - Progress MS-20 (№450) - 3 June 2022
« Reply #4 on: 01/24/2022 10:42 am »
An echelon with launch vehicle blocks and a head fairing arrived at Baikonur:

The fairing for the launch on March 18 of the manned spacecraft #SoyuzMS21 was delivered to pad 254;
The Soyuz-2.1a rocket to launch the cargo spacecraft #ProgressMS20 on June 3 was transported to pad 112.

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Re: Soyuz-2.1a - Progress MS-20 (№450) - 3 June 2022
« Reply #5 on: 01/24/2022 10:42 am »
Soyuz-2 rocket and nose fairing delivered to Baikonur

01/24/2022 08:51

Specialists of the Yuzhny Space Center (a branch of the Center for the Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Objects, part of the State Corporation Roscosmos) accepted the echelon with blocks of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle and a nose fairing. Twenty railway cars arrived at the Tyuratam station of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

At present, the nose fairing for the launch of the Soyuz MS-21 transport manned spacecraft has been delivered to the assembly and test building of site No. 254. The Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle designed to launch the Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft has been transported to site No. 112 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

All technological operations at the Baikonur Cosmodrome are carried out in accordance with comprehensive work schedules.

The launch of the Soyuz MS-21 manned spacecraft is scheduled for March 18 at 18:55 Moscow time. The second Progress MS-20 cargo ship in 2022 will start its 173-day flight on June 3 at 12:33 Moscow time.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/33880/

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Re: Soyuz-2.1a - Progress MS-20 (№450) - 3 June 2022
« Reply #6 on: 02/01/2022 02:08 pm »
Unloading of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket under the Progress MS-20 ship began at Baikonur

02/01/2022 17:24

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome, planned activities are continuing to prepare for the launch of the Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft. Earlier, an echelon with blocks of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle was delivered from the access roads to the assembly and test building of site No. 112.

On Monday, January 31, 2022, their unloading began. In accordance with the schedule, the work will last two days, then the blocks of the launch vehicle will be transferred to storage mode. All technological operations are carried out by specialists of the Yuzhny Space Center (a branch of the Center for the Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure) and the Progress Rocket and Space Center (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation). In order to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection, all events are held in strict compliance with all epidemiological standards.

Recall that the launch vehicles of the Soyuz-2 series were developed on the basis of the Soyuz-U serial launch vehicle. The Soyuz-2 launch vehicles are equipped with advanced propulsion systems and modern control and measurement systems, which significantly improved the technical and operational characteristics of the missiles.

At stage 1a, a unified Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle was created for various types of head blocks with head fairing diameters up to 4.11 m. I and II steps.

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft is scheduled for June 3 at 12:33 Moscow time from the Vostok launch complex at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

https://www.roscosmos.ru/33966/

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Re: Soyuz-2.1a - Progress MS-20 (№450) - 3 June 2022
« Reply #7 on: 02/01/2022 02:08 pm »
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the unloading of blocks of the carrier rocket for the launch of the #ProgressMS20 cargo ship began .

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket from pad No. 31 is scheduled for June 3 at 12:33 Moscow time..

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1488520580118859790

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Re: Soyuz-2.1a - Progress MS-20 (№450) - 3 June 2022
« Reply #8 on: 02/21/2022 02:46 pm »
In June, #ProgressMS20 spacecraft is expected to deliver to the ISS two more pairs of cubesats "YUZGU-55" and "Tsiolkovsky-Ryazan", which should complete the formation of an intellectual constellation of university satellites of the fifth stage of the Radioskaf program.

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1495760644401938434

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Re: Soyuz-2.1a - Progress MS-20 (№450) - 3 June 2022
« Reply #9 on: 04/27/2022 03:53 pm »
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

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Re: Soyuz-2.1a - Progress MS-20 (№450) - 3 June 2022
« Reply #10 on: 04/29/2022 04:46 pm »
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
I can't give this post a "like".
A new provocation from Rogozin.
These "republics" are not recognized internationally.
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Re: Soyuz-2.1a - Progress MS-20 (№450) - 3 June 2022
« Reply #11 on: 05/04/2022 09:16 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
I can't give this post a "like".
A new provocation from Rogozin.
These "republics" are not recognized internationally.

Rogozin is just a fascious propagandist, ever more desperately trying to get into Putin's best graces. It was suggested before, but now it's plainly evident. Not sure the appropriation of Soviet symbology he's pulling with that "brave Ukranian babushka" will go well with the Russian nationalists though. Fortunately, it appears from continued developments in the ISS program that the rest of Roscosmos is not so eager to follow his footsteps. Best to ignore his antics, as the latest article by Berger mentions. Wonder how much traction this will get, or if the naming will be inconsequentially sidelined.

They should just call it "Z" in following with their letany.
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Re: Soyuz-2.1a - Progress MS-20 (№450) - 3 June 2022
« Reply #12 on: 05/18/2022 03:00 pm »
Roskosmos named the launch time of the next spacecraft to the ISS.

The Soyuz rocket with the Progress MS-20 space truck will launch to the ISS at 12:32 Moscow time on June 3.

15:32 18.05.2022

MOSCOW, May 18 - RIA Novosti. The Soyuz rocket with the Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft will launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 12.32 Moscow time on June 3, Roskosmos reports on Wednesday.

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a new cargo ship to the International Space Station is scheduled for June 3 at 12:32 Moscow time.

It is noted that the space truck has passed control weighing and balancing. A decision has already been made on the admission of a cargo ship to refueling the tanks of its propulsion system.

The removal of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the ship to the launch pad of the cosmodrome is scheduled for May 31.

https://ria.ru/20220518/mks-1789254142.html

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https://www.aex.ru/news/2022/5/19/244200/

"In the assembly and testing facility site number 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome work on the preparation of the launch vehicle "Soyuz-2.1a" for the launch of cargo spacecraft Progress MS-20. This was reported by the press service of Roscosmos.

Specialists of the Yuzhny Space Center (a branch of the Center for Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities Operation, a part of Roscosmos State Corporation) and other specialized enterprises of Roscosmos have completed the mechanical assembly of the "package" of the launch vehicle. After the operations, it was relocated to the storage site.

"The "package" includes two stages of the rocket, which are six units: two central and four lateral. On the previous day, specialists successfully completed leak tests of the blocks and the third stage of the rocket and proceeded to conduct autonomous tests of the systems," the report said.

The launch of a Soyuz-2.1a rocket with Progress MS-20 spacecraft is scheduled for June 3 at 12:32 Moscow time from the Vostok launch pad 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome"
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At Baikonur, a decision was made to allow the cargo ship #ProgressMS20 to refuel the tanks of its propulsion system. The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a new cargo ship to the International Space Station is scheduled for June 3 at 12:32 Moscow time.

https://twitter.com/SpaceGirlLina/status/1527153047758966784

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Launch scheduled 09:32:54
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https://www.aex.ru/news/2022/5/24/244356/

At the technical complex of the Baikonur Cosmodrome completed major work on loading cargo spacecraft Progress MS-20 "equipment and materials for delivery to the International Space Station on the 81-st program of supply missions. This was reported by the press service of Roscosmos.

In the assembly and testing building of site 254, the final operations of pre-launch preparation are ongoing. At present, specialists from the Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (part of Roskosmos State Corporation) have installed the screen-vacuum heat insulation and the normal casing of the onboard radio antennas, checked the tightness of the docking unit and disinfected the cargo compartment.

"The spacecraft is to deliver to the ISS 599 kg of refueling fuel, 420 liters of water in Rodnik system tanks, 40 kg of compressed nitrogen in cylinders, and about 1,458 kg of various equipment and materials in the cargo compartment, including onboard resource equipment of the ISS Russian segment, instruments and devices for extravehicular activities, cable and sensor kits, medical and sanitary facilities, clothing, standard rations and fresh food for the crew of the 67th Main Expedition," reads the report.

In accordance with the Russian program of scientific and applied research and experiments will be sent to the station a set of the following target loads: "Splankh" to study the characteristics of the digestive system of astronauts during a long stay in zero gravity, stowage "Saliva-Immuno" for medical experiments "Neuroimmunity" to study the specific immune response in humans during and after space flight, stowage "Neirolab" for medical experiments "Pilot-T" to study the specific immune response in humans during and after space flight.

"In addition, in the cargo compartment of Progress MS-20 spacecraft there are four cubsat-class ultra-small spacecraft: Tsiolkovsky-Ryazan No. 1-2 and YuZGU-55 No. 11-12, developed by students of Ryazan Radio Engineering State University and Southwest State University (Kursk) under the guidance of RSC Energia specialists. The next batch of Cubsats to be launched by Russian cosmonauts from the ISS should complete the formation of an autonomous intellectual constellation of university satellites in orbit under the program of the fifth stage of the Radioscaph scientific and educational space experiment," the press service noted.

The launch of Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft is scheduled for June 3, 2022.


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#ProgressMS20 has been loaded with equipment and materials in preparation for the launch on June 1. It will deliver to the ISS 599 kg of fuel, 420 liters of water, 40 kg of compressed nitrogen, as well as about 1,458 kg of various equipment.

https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1529344247274606592

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No. Kh15000-128 or №Х15000-128
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Is Soyuz serial number already known?

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