On the Baikonur cosmodrome, a meeting of technical guidelines was held, following which the decision was made on the admission of the Progress MS-18 transport cargo ship, the production of the National Rocket and Space Corporation named after S.P. The queen (part of the state corporation “Roskosmos”) to refueling the tanks of the combined motor installation and the refueling system of the spacecraft.
Before transporting to the gas station, the ship passed control weighing and balancing in the installation and test case No. 254. Then in accordance with the schedule, the Specialists of the RSC Energia and the profile enterprises of Roscosmos will fulfill the work of the ship “Progress MS-18” fuel components and compressed gases. After the completion of the filling operations, the ship will return to the site number 254 to continue the pre-flight training.
Start of the Soyuz-2.1A launch vehicle with the MS-18 Progress ship under the program of the 79th Logistics Mission of the International Space Station is scheduled for the end of October 2021 from the Baikonur cosmodrome.