Progress MS-06
Appearance
Mission type | ISS resupply |
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Operator | Roscosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2017-033A |
SATCAT no. | 42756 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress MS-06 (No.436) |
Spacecraft type | Progress-MS |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | Planned: 3 May 2017 |
Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
Contractor | Roscosmos |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Zvezda aft |
Docking date | Planned: 5 May 2017 |
Progress ISS Resupply |
Progress MS-06 ([Прогресс МC-06] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)), identified by NASA as Progress 67 or 67P, is a Progress spacecraft to be used by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).
Launch
Progress MS-6 It is planned to be launched on 3 May 2017 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It will use a Soyuz-2.1a rocket.[1][2]
Docking
Progress MS-6 is scheduled to dock with the aft docking port of the Zvezda module.
Cargo
The Progress MS-6 spacecraft will carry about 2450 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station. The spacecraft will deliver food, fuel and supplies, including 705 kg of propellant, 50 kg of oxygen and air, 420 kg of water.
References
- ^ Clark, Stephen (July 11, 2016). "Launch Schedule – Spacecflightnow". Retrieved 2016-07-18.
- ^ NASA Office of Inspector General (June 28, 2016). NASA’s Response to SpaceX’s June 2015 Launch Failure: Impacts on Commercial Resupply of the International Space Station (PDF) (Report). NASA Office of Inspector General. p. 13. Retrieved 2016-07-18.