Soyuz-2.1a - Progress MS-17 (№446) - 29 June 2021 (23:27 UTC)

[zubenelgenubi]

https://twitter.com/anik1982space/status/1220438062100107266
Google translate:

4. In March [2021], the Progress MS-17 cargo ship docked to the Nauka module, the Progress MS-18 module in August to the Zvezda module, and the Progress MS-19 module in November to the Search module. 5. The manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-17 reloads in April from the Dawn module to the Search.

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Delivery to Baikonur:
https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1237767591864799236

[zubenelgenubi]

What is the source for the launch date?
Cross-post:

Current schedule of ISS flight events
UTC time is used in table

2021
March 19    20 - Progress MS-17 (78P) launch and docking (to Zvezda)
August - Progress MS-17 (78P) undocking (from Zvezda)
August - Progress MS-17 (78P) deorbit and reentered the atmosphere

Changes on July 31st

[SMS]

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=32006.msg2113314#msg2113314

[zubenelgenubi]

In the Nauka thread, starting here, are some wonderful images of Nauka arriving at Baikonur.
Also seen in one of the halls are one Progress and one Soyuz craft:  Progress MS-16 or Progress MS-17, and Soyuz MS-17?

If the identifications are correct, then where is Progress MS-17?  Out of camera in the same hall?  Or in storage in a different part of the building?
EDITed

[SMS]

Here are the Soyuz MS-17 and two Progress MS-16 and MS-17 at Baikonur cosmodrome:

[zubenelgenubi]

Cross-post:

Current schedule of ISS flight events
UTC time is used in table

2021
July 1 March 19 - Progress MS-17 (78P) launch and docking (to Zvezda)

Changes on November 17th

EDIT source for Soyuz and Progress schedule information:

https://twitter.com/anik1982space/status/1328232773354737664

[zubenelgenubi]

Cross-post:

https://ria.ru/20201130/zapusk-1586887299.html

Progress MS-17 launch planned for June 30 [2021]

[zubenelgenubi]

Confirmation of June 30 launch date:

https://tass.ru/kosmos/10848493
Google translate:

MOSCOW, March 6. / TASS /. Roskosmos plans to launch the Progress MS-17 transport cargo vehicle on June 30, according to the magazine of the state corporation Russian Space.
"The launch of the Progress MS-17 cargo vehicle has been postponed from March 29 to June 30. It will arrive on the ISS during the next, 65th expedition," the message says.

[zubenelgenubi]

Cross-post:

https://www.roscosmos.ru/30913/

Currently, the Russian segment of the International Space Station includes the Progress MS-16 cargo vehicle, which was launched on February 15, 2021. The next launch of the Russian "truck" is scheduled for mid-summer this year. In early May, preparation of the Progress MS-17 cargo vehicle for the upcoming launch will begin at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

[PM3]

June 30, 02:27 Moscow Time = June 29, 23:27 UTC

"The docking with the station is planned on July 2, around 04:00 Moscow Time"

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/2021.html

[Alter Sachse]

At Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Progress MS-17 transport cargo spacecraft (TGS) completed leak testing in the vacuum chamber of the assembly and testing building 254.

In accordance with the work schedule, RSC Energia and Yuzhny Space Center specialists have completed a cycle of pneumatic vacuum tests of Progress MS-17, which continued from May 30. Automated control of the stringent requirements to the tightness of the compartments and onboard systems of the spacecraft under ground conditions passed without any remarks and made it possible to proceed to further technological operations of preflight preparation of the product in the dynamic stand of the assembly and test building.

At the end of May there were also tests of Progress MS-17 in the anechoic chamber (AEC) to check operation of the onboard rendezvous and docking equipment Kurs-NA. BEC is a specialized room covered with radio absorbing material to simulate conditions in space for ground performance testing of onboard radio systems of Progress MS and Soyuz MS transportation spacecraft.



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https://www.energia.ru/ru/news/news-2021/news_06-03_1.html

[Alter Sachse]

Soyuz 2.1a
probably B15000-043 (V15000-043)

[Alter Sachse]

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https://www.energia.ru/ru/news/news-2021/news_06-03_1.html

https://www.energia.ru/en/news/news-2021/news_06-03_1.html

english version

Leak tests have been completed at the Baikonur launch site on the cargo transportation spacecraft (CTS) Progress MS-17 in the vacuum chamber of the processing facility of Area 254.

In accordance with the schedule, specialists from RSC Energia and Space Center Yuzhny have completed a cycle of pneumatics and vacuum tests on the Progress MS-17 CTS, which had been run since May 30. An automated checkout of strict requirements for air tightness of compartments and onboard systems of the spacecraft under ground conditions has passed without any anomalies and made it possible to proceed with further pre-launch processing operations on the spacecraft in the dynamics test bed of the processing facility.

Also conducted in late May were functional checks in anechoic chamber on the Kurs-NA rendezvous and docking onboard equipment of Progress MS-17 CTS. The anechoic chamber is a specialized room covered with a material absorbing RF emissions in order to simulate space environment for ground functional tests of on-board RF systems of transportation spacecraft Progress MS and Soyuz MS.

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle carrying Progress MS-17 is scheduled for June of 2021 from the Baikonur launch site. The unmanned cargo spacecraft will deliver to the Expedition 65 crew supplies of propellant and gases, as well as life support and systems equipment under the 78th mission of the ISS re-supply program.

[Alter Sachse]

According to the integrated work schedule at the Baikonur Cosmodrome under the program for launching Progress MS-17 cargo spacecraft, the mechanical assembly cycle of the "package" (first and second stages) of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle was completed.

The work involved specialists from Roskosmos' subsidiaries, the Yuzhny Space Center (a branch of the Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities Operation Center) and the Progress Rocket and Space Center. The "package" was assembled in the assembly and testing facility at Baikonur Cosmodrome No. 31. The next stage of preparations is to conduct autonomous tests of the rocket systems.


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https://www.roscosmos.ru/31505/

[Alter Sachse]

Soyuz 2.1a
probably B15000-043 (V15000-043)

Yes, it is

[Alter Sachse]

[whiztech]

Google translation:

Assembly of the "package" of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket

According to the integrated work schedule at the Baikonur cosmodrome under the program of launching the Progress MS-17 transport cargo vehicle, the cycle of mechanical assembly of the package (first and second stages) of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle has been completed.

The work was attended by specialists from subsidiaries of the State Corporation Roscosmos - the Yuzhny Space Center (a branch of the Center for Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities) and the Progress Rocket and Space Center. The assembly of the "package" was carried out in the assembly and testing building of site No. 31 of the Baikonur cosmodrome. The next stage of preparation is to conduct autonomous tests of the missile systems.

The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-17 cargo vehicle is scheduled for June 30 from the Vostok launch complex of site No. 31 of the Baikonur cosmodrome.
# rocket # Soyuz

[SMS]

Update from NASA:

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Progress MS-17 schedule:

launch on June 29, 2021 at 2327:20 UTC / 727:20 p.m. EDT;

docking to Poisk module at ISS on July 02, 2021 at 0102:16 UTC/ July 01, 2021 at 1002:16 p.m. EDT;               

[Alter Sachse]

Today, June 22, 2021, specialists from S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Company Energia (part of Roscosmos State Corporation) and Roscosmos specialized enterprises carried out a set of technological operations for docking the Progress MS-17 spacecraft with the transition compartment of the third stage block of the launch vehicle. It is part of the space head module and provides mechanical connection between the spacecraft and the payload fairing, as well as integration of the Progress command interface into the onboard control system of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket.

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https://www.roscosmos.ru/31593/

[jacqmans]

June 23, 2021
MEDIA ADVISORY M21-074

NASA to Air Launch, Docking of Roscosmos Cargo Ship to Space Station

Live coverage of Russia’s Progress 78 cargo spacecraft’s launch and docking to the International Space Station will begin at 7 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 29, on NASA Television, the agency’s website, and the NASA app.

The uncrewed spacecraft is scheduled to launch on a Soyuz 2.1a rocket at 7:27 p.m. (4:27 a.m. Wednesday, June 30, Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The Progress spacecraft will go into orbit for a two-day journey before automatically docking to the Poisk module on the space-facing side of the station’s Russian segment at 9:02 p.m. Thursday, July 1. Coverage of rendezvous and docking will begin at 8:15 p.m.

Carrying about three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the Expedition 65 crew, the Progress 78 resupply vehicle will spend almost five months at the station. The cargo craft is scheduled to perform an automated undocking and relocation to the new “Nauka” Multipurpose Laboratory Module in late October. Named for the Russian word for “science,” Nauka is planned to launch to the space station in mid-July.

Progress 78 will undock from the orbiting laboratory in November for a re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere that results in its safe destruction.

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