Specialists from Roscosmos have completed testing of the "Progress MS-31" space freighter. This was reported by the press service of the state corporation.
"At the Rocket and Space Corporation "Energia" named after S. P. Korolev, factory control tests of the "Progress MS-31" cargo ship have been completed, and today it was sent to the Baikonur Cosmodrome to prepare for launch to the International Space Station.
"Progress" underwent a cycle of autonomous tests of onboard systems and electrical tests of service equipment and apparatus. After that, specialists carried out a control procedure and loaded the space freighter into a railway transport unit.
The launch of the "Progress MS-31" cargo ship is scheduled from the Baikonur Cosmodrome using the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle. The ship will carry about 2.5–2.6 tons of payload (fuel for refueling the ISS, drinking water, compressed gases for maintaining the atmosphere, equipment and materials for scientific experiments). The space freighter will also carry food, clothing, and medical supplies for the crew.
Earlier, www1.ru reported that Roscosmos assembled the Soyuz-2.1a rocket for launching the Progress MS-30 spacecraft to the ISS.
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