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Cargo vehicle Progress MS-05 has been filled with propellant components

Russian Aviaton » Tuesday February 14, 2017 12:40 MSK
Progress MS-05 | photo courtesy by RSC Energia press-service

Today on February 14 specialists of RSC Energia (is a part of SC ROSCOSMOS) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome successfully completed a set of technological operations for filling cargo transport vehicle (CTV) Progress MS-05 with propellant components and compressed gases at the filling station.

After this procedure the cargo vehicle has been delivered to Spacecraft Assembly & Testing Facilities (SC A&TF) and installed in the jig for further prelaunch processing.

The launch of the Progress MS-05 CTV under the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled on February 22, 2017. The vehicle will deliver to the ISS about 2.5 t of various cargo including dry cargo, fuel in CPS tanks and refueling systems, water and compressed gases.