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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The <a href="/facts/Progress_(spacecraft)/l9GvvKLs">Progress-MS</a> is an uncrewed freighter based on the <a href="/facts/Progress-M/GBsqxjbz">Progress-M</a> featuring improved avionics. This improved variant first launched on 21 December 2015. It has the following improvements:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>New external compartment that enables it to deploy satellites. Each compartment can hold up to four launch containers. First time installed on <a href="/facts/Progress_MS-03/gbDG1mYG">Progress MS-03</a>.</li> <li>Enhanced redundancy thanks to the addition of a backup system of electrical motors for the docking and sealing mechanism.</li> <li>Improved <a href="/facts/Micrometeoroid/VSkmQYv1">Micrometeoroid</a> (MMOD) protection with additional panels in the cargo compartment.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Luch_(satellite)/GyAn64Ao">Luch</a> Russian <a href="/facts/Communications_satellite/y5RXPMDT">relay satellites</a> link capabilities enable telemetry and control even when not in direct view of ground radio stations.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Satellite_navigation/lVgPlF5v">GNSS</a> autonomous navigation enables real time determination of the status vector and orbital parameters dispensing with the need of ground station orbit determination.</li> <li>Real time relative navigation thanks to direct radio data exchange capabilities with the space station.</li> <li>New digital radio that enables enhanced TV camera view for the docking operations.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Ukraine/Qof0uqAj">Ukrainian</a> Chezara Kvant-V on board radio system and antenna/feeder system has been replaced with a Unified Command Telemetry System (UCTS).</li> <li>Replacement of the <a href="/facts/Kurs_(docking_navigation_system)/IUbjrWIj">Kurs A</a> with <a href="/facts/Kurs_(docking_navigation_system)/IUbjrWIj">Kurs NA</a> digital system.</li></ul> <h2 id="pre-launch">Pre-launch</h2> <p>In 2014, the launch was expected on 22 February 2018. In 2017, the mission had slipped to August 2018. In June 2018, the launch was scheduled for 31 October 2018, but in the wake of the <a href="/facts/Soyuz_MS-10/A5RrLwrD">Soyuz MS-10</a> accident it had to be postponed on 16 November 2018.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="launch">Launch</h2> <p>Progress MS-10 launched atop a <a href="/facts/Soyuz-FG/IXLFSTfd">Soyuz-FG</a> rocket on 16 November 2018, at 18:14:08 UTC <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> from the <a href="/facts/Baikonur_Cosmodrome/sk16LwcH">Baikonur Cosmodrome</a> in <a href="/facts/Kazakhstan/Vfs8NI6e">Kazakhstan</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="docking">Docking</h2> <p>Progress MS-10 docked as scheduled with the aft docking port of the <a href="/facts/Zvezda_(ISS_module)/UM2qsV7z">Zvezda</a> module on 18 November 2018 at 19:31:38 UTC.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="cargo">Cargo</h2> <p>The Progress MS-10 spacecraft delivered 2,564 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station. The following is a breakdown of cargo bound for the ISS:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Dry cargo: 1,330 kg</li> <li>Fuel: 750 kg</li> <li>Oxygen: 75 kg</li> <li>Water: 440 kg</li></ul> <h2 id="undocking-and-decay">Undocking and decay</h2> <p>It undocked at 08:40 UTC and deorbited in <a href="/facts/Pacific_Ocean/bdxgXRVM">Pacific Ocean</a>, on 4 June 2019 at 11:28 UTC.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Uncrewed_spaceflights_to_the_International_Space_Station/XKHgRXEI">Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Krebs, Gunter (1 December 2015). "Progress-MS 01-19". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 16 November 2018. <a href="https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/progress-ms.htm" target="_blank">https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/progress-ms.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Progress MS-10 2018-091A". NSSDCA. NASA. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2019. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. <a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2018-091A" target="_blank">https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2018-091A</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Zak, Anatoly (16 November 2018). "Progress-MS". Russian Space Web. Retrieved 4 June 2019. <a href="http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms.html" target="_blank">http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Zak, Anatoly (16 November 2018). "Progress MS-10 arrives at ISS". Russian Space Web. Retrieved 18 November 2018. <a href="http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-10.html" target="_blank">http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-10.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>@Roscosmos (16 November 2018). "The State Commission confirmed the scheduled lift-off time of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 November 2018 – via Twitter. <a href="https://x.com/Roscosmos/status/1063443124243058688" target="_blank">https://x.com/Roscosmos/status/1063443124243058688</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Barrels, Meghan (16 November 2018). "Blastoff! Russian Spaceship Launches Tons of Supplies to Space Station". Space.com. <a href="https://www.space.com/42457-russia-cargo-mission-launches-to-space-station.html" target="_blank">https://www.space.com/42457-russia-cargo-mission-launches-to-space-station.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Staff writers (5 June 2019). "Progress MS-10 resupply ship splashes down in Pacific Ocean after undocking from ISS". Russian Aviation. Retrieved 6 June 2019. <a href="https://www.ruaviation.com/news/2019/6/5/13630/?h" target="_blank">https://www.ruaviation.com/news/2019/6/5/13630/?h</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Progress MS-10 2018-091A". NSSDCA. NASA. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2019. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. <a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2018-091A" target="_blank">https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2018-091A</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Zak, Anatoly (16 November 2018). "Progress MS-10 arrives at ISS". Russian Space Web. Retrieved 18 November 2018. <a href="http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-10.html" target="_blank">http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-10.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Staff writers (5 June 2019). "Progress MS-10 resupply ship splashes down in Pacific Ocean after undocking from ISS". Russian Aviation. Retrieved 6 June 2019. <a href="https://www.ruaviation.com/news/2019/6/5/13630/?h" target="_blank">https://www.ruaviation.com/news/2019/6/5/13630/?h</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>