A mistake in the russian version (
http://www.roscosmos.ru/NewsDoSele.asp?NEWSID=6867) of this news: "Стыковка ТГК «Прогресс М-02М» с Международной космической станцией запланирована на 15:16 по московскому времени 29 июля с.г."
Not Progress M-02M! Progress M67...
the tracking station
Feeling a little lazy today, can you remind me which radar system this is? Is it Kama?
It seems we needn't worry about the ability to keep the high launch rate of Progress and Soyuz now with 6 persons on ISS. At least the rocket operation seems to manage (maybe not surprising since it has performed similar and higher rates in the past).
Perhaps the manufacture of the spacecraft is more worrying.
What R-7 flight is this? 1500+ somethng?
I think it is the 1743rd launch (based on Jonathan McDowell's list of R-7 launches, removing one which didn't actually launch,* and adding six since the last update).
*A Vostok-2M which exploded during fuelling
Did you count in the Jonathan's list ?
According to
my classification, it is only launch n°1692...
What R-7 flight is this? 1500+ somethng?
I think it is the 1743rd launch (based on Jonathan McDowell's list of R-7 launches, removing one which didn't actually launch,* and adding six since the last update).
*A Vostok-2M which exploded during fuelling
Did you count in the Jonathan's list ?
According to my classification, it is only launch n°1692...
Progress M-67 was the 1,746th R-7 launch. This total includes all suborbital R-7 launches. It would be the 1,691st (give or take) orbital launch attempt.
- Ed Kyle
OK, so if we count the 1980 Vostok-2M prelaunch failure, Progress M-67 was the 1,692nd orbital launch attempt...
Thank you very much for clarification !
Great video in Roskosmos' Youtube channel about Progress-M67's final processing in Energia's plant (Kurs antenna stow and translation to the rotation and fairing mating stand)
Obviously, it is in the MIK-254 in Baykonur cosmodrome, not in Korolyov...