Mission type ISS resupply Spacecraft type Progress-MS Launch site Baikonur 1/5 | Operator Roscosmos Launch date Planned: February 2018 Rocket Soyuz-2 | |
Spacecraft Progress MS-08 (No.438) Manufacturer S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia Contractor Roscosmos State Corporation Similar Kounotori 7, Progress MS‑05, Progress M‑50, Progress M‑51, Progress M‑66 | ||
Progress MS-08 (Russian: Прогресс МC-08), identified by NASA as Progress 69 or 69P, is a Progress spacecraft to be used by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).
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Launch
Progress MS-8 It is planned to be launched on February 2018 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It will use a Soyuz-2.1a rocket.
Docking
Progress MS-8 is scheduled to dock with the aft docking port of the Zvezda module.
Cargo
The Progress MS-8 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
Progress MS-08 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA