At the Baikonur cosmodrome, a meeting of the State Commission for conducting flight tests for the removal of spacecraft on readiness for exporting to the starting complex “East” and carrying out work on preparing for the launch of the “Soyuz-2.1A” launch vehicle “Progress MS-18. “
According to the results of the reports, the members of the State Commission decided to export the space appointment missile for Soyuz-2.1A / MS-18 progress from the installation and test case and the installation at the starting system on October 25, 2021. Tomorrow, October 23, in accordance with the preparation of its overall assembly.
The launch of the “Soyuz-2.1A” launch vehicle with the “Progress MS-18” cargo ship is scheduled for October 28 from the Baikonur cosmodrome. On board it is about 1,490 kg of various equipment and materials, including resource equipment and tools for extracurricular activities, medical controls and sanitary and hygienic support, clothing items, standard diet and fresh products for the crew members of the 66th main expedition, as well as Styling for cosmic experiments “Matreshka-R”, “Biomag-M”, “Aseptic”, “Structure” and “Photobioreactor”.