TsNIIMash Mission Control Center has finished the planned work to prepare for the Soyuz MS-14 launch to low Earth orbit, its approach and docking to the International Space Station. The unpiloted flight will be performed according to the 48-hour scheme to test the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket together with the Soyuz-MS transport ship.
According to the Mission Control Center calculations, the Soyuz MS-14 launch is scheduled on August 22, 2019 at 03:38:33 UTC. The live broadcast from Baikonur will be available in the “Live Broadcast” section starting from 03:00 UTC.
The Chief Operating Control Group of the Russian segment of the ISS will take over the flight control after the ship separation from the third stage of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket. The estimated orbit insertion time is 03:47 UTC.
The Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft approach to the station and its berthing to the Poisk research module is planned to be performed automatically under control of the Chief Operating Control Group of the Russian segment of the ISS at the Mission Control Center and the Russian ISS crewmembers. The docking is scheduled at 05:30 UTC on August 24, 2019.











