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Soyuz 2.1a | Progress MS-13 (74P)

Progress MS-13 (74P)

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 6 Dec 2019, 09:34 am UTC

Rocket: Soyuz 2.1a (Soyuz)

Provider: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Mission

Type: Resupply

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Pad: 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Description

The Progress resupply vehicle is an automated, unpiloted version of the Soyuz spacecraft that is used to bring supplies and fuel to the International Space Station. Progress MS-13 will deliver close to 2,480 kilograms of supplies to the ISS, including around 420 kilograms of water in the containers of the Rodnik system, around 50 kilograms of pressurized oxygen in tanks, around 650 kilograms of propellant for refueling and around 1,350 kilograms of dry cargo, such as food rations, hardware for life-support and flight control systems, hygiene and medical supplies. In addition, the crew was also scheduled to receive a new tread for the treadmill.