Soyuz-2.1a - Progress MS-20 (№450) - 3 June 2022 (09:32 UTC)

[centaurinasa]

ISS configuration.

[Rondaz]

"Progress MS-20" docked to the ISS.

Progress MS-20 spacecraft launched in honor of Donbas docked with ISS.

16:08 06/03/2022 (updated: 16:21 06/03/2022)

BAIKONUR COSMODROME, June 3 - RIA Novosti. The Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft has docked with the International Space Station, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket with Progress MS-20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on June 3 is dedicated to the DPR and LPR , and the inscription "Donbass" was applied to the second stage of the launch vehicle. The flags of the republics are applied to the head fairing of the rocket.

According to Roskosmos , the Mission Control Center near Moscow confirmed the regular closing of the hooks of the docking mechanism. Now the cosmonauts at the station will have to open the hatches, dismantle the docking mechanism and transfer the Progress power supply systems to the combined power supply.

The rocket launched from Baikonur at 12.32 Moscow time, and a few minutes later the ship went into orbit and began an independent flight to the ISS . It flew in an ultrashort circuit and made two orbits around the Earth .

A two-day scheme is considered standard, in which the ship circles the Earth 34 times in two days. There is also a shortened four-turn scheme, in which the journey to the station takes about six hours.

"Progress MS-20" brought 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 has loaded 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 Energia Rocket and Space Corporation. Products printed on it will be returned to Earth to study the impact of microgravity on additive manufacturing.

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/20220603/progress-1792940425.html

[Rondaz]

The Progress M-20 cargo ship (spacecraft no. 450, ISS mission 81P) was launched at 0932 UTC from Baykonur and docked with the ISS Zvezda module aft port at 1302 UTC.

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1532741792268951552

[Rondaz]

Progress MS-20 brought us about 2500 kilograms of very useful stuff! @Space_Station @roscosmos..

https://twitter.com/SergKorsakov/status/1532742061643931655

[Rondaz]

Is it possible to see a rocket start from the ISS? - Yes, it is! @Space_Station @roscosmos..

https://twitter.com/SergKorsakov/status/1532743849772294144

[Rondaz]

CelesTrak has TLEs for 2 objects from the launch (2022-059) of PROGRESS-MS 20 to the ISS atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Jun 3 at 0932 UTC:

https://twitter.com/TSKelso/status/1532760126938963969

[Suzy]

Can anyone repost media-kit for this launch that appeared on roscosmos.ru? I can't access the site from outside of Russia.
I'm looking for insertion orbit parameters.

Attached (I can access Roscosmos.ru occasionally via the Tor browser)

[jcm]

Can anyone repost media-kit for this launch that appeared on roscosmos.ru? I can't access the site from outside of Russia.
I'm looking for insertion orbit parameters.

Attached (I can access Roscosmos.ru occasionally via the Tor browser)

  Thanks, this is very much appreciated!

[starbase]

Reentry of Blok-I upper stage observed from South Africa around 20:54 UTC on June 5.

https://twitter.com/Tee_Malaza/status/1533665098492952576

[Rondaz]

Cargo spacecraft Progress MS-20 took the ISS away from space debris.

Roscosmos reported that the Progress MS-20 spacecraft took the ISS away from space debris.

23:13 16.06.2022

MOSCOW, June 16 - RIA Novosti. The Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft conducted a maneuver to avoid space debris from the International Space Station, Roscosmos reported on Thursday.

"Russian" Progress "again led the ISS away from "space debris". At 22:03 Moscow time, the engines of the Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft were turned on: they worked for 275 s, and the impulse value was 0.5 m/s. As a result, the average the height of the station's orbit has increased by 890 m," the state corporation said in a Telegram message.

It is noted that according to the Moscow Region Mission Control Center , a dangerous approach was predicted at 00.50 Moscow time at a distance of 285 meters.

Roskosmos emphasized that the Russian Progress MS spacecraft today are the main standard means of carrying out ISS orbit corrections and maneuvers to avoid space debris objects.

"For example, the recently flooded Progress MS-18 provided nine corrections to its orbital height: six planned and three evasive maneuvers from "garbage," the state corporation recalled.

https://ria.ru/20220616/mks-1795946712.html

[Lars-J]

Here’s a video capturing the fairing re-entry (from the fairing’s POV) - pretty neat video.

https://twitter.com/introcketlaunch/status/1538998626084474880

[ZachS09]

Here’s a video capturing the fairing re-entry (from the fairing’s POV) - pretty neat video.

https://twitter.com/introcketlaunch/status/1538998626084474880

Who needs parafoils or attitude control thrusters?

[Sam Ho]

Undocking stream (February 7, 0450 UTC):
https://www.youtube.com/live/h9OiV7Fej3s?feature=share

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1622822239501418497

And Progress MS-20 has undocked:

[FutureSpaceTourist]

[FutureSpaceTourist]

Undocking and departure photos posted by NASA Johnson