The Progress cargo spacecraft has been launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station.
The carrier rocket Soyuz-U with the ship Progress MS-05 started at the estimated time. The third stage of the rocket detached from the resupply vehile at 9:07 am MSK. The docking of Progress MS-05 with the ISS is scheduled on February 24 at 11:34 MSK.
This launch was the last one for the Soyuz-U. These carriers have been used since the 1970s. They will be replaced with modernized rockets of the Soyuz-2 series.
Sources: https://lenta.ru
Author: Vera Ivanova