The State Corporation Roscosmos announces that today, July 18, the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-13 manned spacecraft was installed on the launch pad of pad No. 1 (Gagarin Start) of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
The Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft is to deliver the crew of the long-term expedition ISS-60/61 to the International Space Station (ISS). The core team includes Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan.
The day before, the general assembly of the Soyuz-FG rocket was completed. At present, work has begun on the program of the first launch day, and specialists from Roscosmos enterprises are performing the final technological operations at the launch complex. In particular, pre-launch tests of systems and assemblies of the launch vehicle are carried out, as well as the interaction of onboard equipment and ground equipment is checked.
The launch of the Soyuz MS-13 manned spacecraft is scheduled for July 20, 2019 at 19:28 Moscow time. The planned duration of the flight of the apparatus is 201 days.
We add that the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle of the middle class was developed and produced at JSC RCC Progress. It is designed to launch Soyuz manned spacecraft and Progress cargo spacecraft into near-Earth orbit under the International Space Station program.
Source: 3dnews.ru