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Progress-MS embarks on its first mission

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22-12-2015 11:06pm

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http://russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms.html

A Soyuz-2-1a rocket carrying the 7,284-kilogram Progress-MS cargo ship lifted off from Pad 6 at Site 31 in Baikonur on December 21, 2015, at 11:44:39.465 Moscow Time (3:44 a.m. EST). Inside, Progress carried around 2,436 kilograms of supplies for the 46th long-duration expedition on the ISS, including 718 kilograms of propellant in its refueling tanks, 420 kilograms of water and 46 kilograms of pressurized air and oxygen.
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The docking at the Pirs Docking Compartment, SO1, a part of the Russian segment of the ISS, is scheduled for December 23, 2015, at 13:31:29 Moscow Time (5:31 a.m. EST), during the ship's 34th orbit.

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