Rocket with Progress MS-30 cargo ship launched from Baikonur cosmodrome

The Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the Progress MS-30 cargo ship launched on February 28 to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur cosmodrome. About this on February 28 reported in the state corporation "Roscosmos".

"Today at 00:24:27 Moscow time, the Progress MS-30 spacecraft departed from the Baikonur cosmodrome, which will deliver 2,599 kg of cargo to the International Space Station, including a new Orlan-ISS spacesuit for spacewalks," the organization's website says.

It is specified that the cargo included equipment and equipment for the station's systems, stowage for scientific experiments, clothing, food, medical and sanitary products for the crew of the 72nd long-term expedition, 950 kg of fuel for refueling the station, 420 kg of drinking water for astronauts and 50 kg of nitrogen to replenish the ISS atmosphere.

The rocket is scheduled to dock at the ISS on March 2.

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On February 25, Roscosmos announced that the Progress MS-28 transport cargo ship undocked from the Zvezda service module of the Russian segment of the ISS before sending a new cargo ship to the station. It was specified that the Progress MS-28 would enter the dense layers of the atmosphere, and then collapse.