Federal Space Agency has called the launch date to the ISS (International Space Station) in 2016. “Soyuz TMA”, “Soyuz-MS” and “Progress-MS.” Deciding when to adopt a state commission headed by the acting head of the agency Alexander Ivanov. This was reported in the press release of the Russian Space Agency, Received “Heathcliff!».
Total to the ISS in 2016, Russian ships will fly seven times. Of these, one start to the transport manned spacecraft “Soyuz-TMA” (March 19), three – in the “Soyuz-MS” (start scheduled for 21 June, 23 September and 16 November) and three – in the “Progress-MS” (launches are scheduled for March 31 on 4 July and 20 October).
The first start of the fourth generation of the modified spacecraft “Progress-MS” is scheduled for December 21, 2015. The new ship, in contrast to the “Progress M-M ‘, analog telemetry system is replaced by digital, and set upgraded on-board computer (eight times lighter than the previous version).
10:33 December 23, 2014
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There was the first launch of a heavy rocket “Angara»
There are currently delivering cargo to the ISS may only four ships: the Russian “Progress”, the Japanese HTV, as well as private American Dragon (company SpaceX) and Cygnus ( Company Orbital Sciences). While Dragon is the only space cargo vehicle today that is able to return cargo to Earth orbit. Deliver people to the ISS can only Russian “Soyuz».
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