Soyuz-U | Progress MS-05 (66P)

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) (Government)
• Rocket: Soyuz U — Soyuz family

Mission

The Progress resupply vehicle is an automated, unpiloted version of the Soyuz spacecraft that is used to bring supplies and fuel to the International Space Station.

• Type: Resupply
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: 1/5
• Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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Program

• International Space Station — The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called. (Wikipedia)