Roscosmos May Delay Progress MS-13 Cargo Spacecraft ISS Launch Due to Revealed Problems

Technical problems have been revealed in Russia’s Progress MS-13 cargo spacecraft, scheduled to be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on December 1, and although they have already been rectified, the date of the launch remains uncertain, the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos said on Monday.

“Critical observations have been made during works at the Baikonur spaceport on preparing the launch of the Progress MS-13 cargo spacecraft within the 74th ISS supply mission. As of now, the problems have been eliminated, and all the on-board systems are being checked,” Roscosmos said.

Roscosmos also pledged to announce the date of the launch later.

The Progress MS-13 spacecraft is expected to deliver various cargo to the ISS, including New Year gifts for astronauts.

The launch was initially planned for 6 December, but then rescheduled to December 1 at NASA’s request not to hinder the docking of the US Dragon cargo spacecraft, also scheduled for 6 December.

Source: RIA Novosti

Thanks for being here;

We need your help. The SpaceDaily news network continues to grow but revenues have never been harder to maintain.

With the rise of Ad Blockers, and Facebook – our traditional revenue sources via quality network advertising continues to decline. And unlike so many other news sites, we don’t have a paywall – with those annoying usernames and passwords.

Our news coverage takes time and effort to publish 365 days a year.

If you find our news sites informative and useful then please consider becoming a regular supporter or for now make a one off contribution.

SpaceDaily Contributor

$5 Billed Once
credit card or paypal

SpaceDaily Monthly Supporter
$5 Billed Monthly
paypal only

China sends five satellites into orbit via single rocket

Taiyuan (XNA) Nov 15, 2019

Five new remote-sensing satellites were sent into planned orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province Wednesday.

The five Ningxia-1 satellites were launched by a Long March-6 carrier rocket at 2:35 p.m. (Beijing Time).

The satellites are part of a commercial satellite project invested by the Ningxia Jingui Information Technology Co., Ltd. and will be mainly used for remote sensing detection.

The satellites and carrier rocket were developed by the DFH … read more