Baikonur’s cosmodrome continues the pre-flight preparation of the “Progress MS-19” cargo ship to launch under the program of the 80th Logistics Mission of the International Space Station.
Today, February 7, 2022, in the installation and test case of the site No. 254, specialists of the Rocket and Space Corporation “Energy” named after S. P. Korolev (part of the state corporation “Roscosmos”) and profile enterprises of Roskosmos made a complex of technological operations for Docking the ship “Progress MS-19” with a transition compartment of the block of the third stage of the rocket carrier.
PHO is part of the cosmic head, providing a mechanical communication of the ship with a head fairing and integrating the ship’s command interface into the Soyuz-2.1a rocket control system. After the completion of the docking works, the inspection inclusions of the onboard radiotechnical complex and other service systems were held.
Start of the Soyuz-2.1A launch vehicle with the “Progress MS-19” cargo ship is scheduled for February 15, 2022 from Baikonur cosmodrome.