The rocket with the Progress MS-33 spacecraft was installed on the launch pad at Baikonur

The Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Progress MS-33 cargo ship was installed on the restored launch pad at Baikonur. This was announced on March 17 by the press service of Roscosmos.

"The rocket was removed and installed in an upright position on the launch complex," the Telegram channel says.

It is specified that the rocket launch is scheduled for March 22. It will deliver more than 2.5 tons of cargo to the ISS. Of these, 828 kg is fuel for refueling the station, and a little more than 1 ton is for food and water.

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The Progress MS-31 cargo ship was de-orbited on March 16, and its fireproof structural elements fell in a non-navigable area of the Pacific Ocean. The ship undocked from the ISS at 16:24 Moscow time. After that, at 19:42 Moscow time, its engine switched to deceleration mode, descended from orbit and entered the Earth's atmosphere.

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