The Rocket “Soyuz-2.1a”, which started from Baikonur, brought the MS-30 progress to the near-Earth orbit. “Progress MS-30” will deliver about 2.6 tons of cargo to the International Space Station (ISS).
The docking to the “Star” module of the Russian segment of the ISS will be held on March 2 at 02:04 Moscow time. As expected, the flight of a cargo ship will take 49 hours 40 minutes.
“He (” Progress MS-30 “) will deliver 2599 kg of cargo into orbit, including 1179 kg of equipment and equipment for station systems, clothing, nutrition, medical and sanitary-hygienic products for the crew, 950 kg of fuel, 420 kg of water and 50 kg of nitrogen,” the Roscosmos press release said. Among the cargo is also a new spacesuit for working in open space “Orlan-MKS” No. 6.