The pre-flight preparation of the transport piloted ship “Union MS-19” continues on the Baikonur cosmodrome. Today, August 19, 2021, in accordance with the pre-flight schedule, the cycle of autonomous tests of the ship was held in the non-echo chamber of the installation and test case No. 254.
During the day, the Specialists of the RKK “Energia” and the Space Center “South” (a branch of Cennie, part of the state corporation “Roskosmos” performed operations on the operation of the functioning of the Radio Equipment “Course-to”, which ensures the rapprochement and docking of the TPK -19 “with the International Space Station.
The echoam chamber is a specialized room covered with a radio absorbing material in order to simulate the conditions of outer space for ground-based control of the operations of aircraft transport ships “Progress MS” and “Union of MS”.
Start of the Soyuz-2.1A carrier missile with TPK “Union MS-19” under the program delivery program of the 66th major expedition to the international space station is scheduled for October 2021.