Soyuz-2 missile started from Baikonur

The Soyuz-2.1A launch vehicle with the MS-27 progress cargo spacecraft on Thursday, May 30, started from the Baikonur cosmodrome. This is stated in the message of the Russian State Corporation “Roscosmos”.

“A new truck set off to orbit. Today at 12:43 Moscow time, the Baikonura rocket” Soyuz-2.1a “with a truck Progress MS-27” took off. In the ship-all the most necessary for the work and life of the astronauts “, – said in the message.

According to Russian media, the flight will last a total of 50 hours and 4 minutes. Then the ship will come closer to the International Space Station (ISS). It is expected that in orbit it will be for 173 days.