MOSCOW. Feb 27 (Interfax) - A state commission has authorized the fueling and launch of a Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle carrying the Progress MS-30 supply spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Friday, Roscosmos said.
"A state commission has authorized the fueling of a Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the Progress MS-30 supply spacecraft and its launch from the launch site of Site 31 at 12:24:27 a.m. Moscow time on February 28, the state corporation said in a statement.
The supply spacecraft will bring to the station 2,599 kilos of cargo, including 1,179 kilos of equipment for the station's systems, sets for scientific experiments, medical and sanitary and hygiene items for the crew of the 72nd expedition, 950 kilos of fuel for the station, 420 kilos of drinking water for the cosmonauts and 50 kilos of nitrogen for the atmosphere of the International Space Station (ISS).
The cargo includes a new Orlan-ISS spacesuit for spacewalks under the Russian program.
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