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1 Sep 2022, 01:09

Two-hour approach pattern developed for Progress cargo vehicle — expert

Specialists suggest implementing a pattern, leaving the existing automatic closing-in section only, Rafail Murtazin said

MOSCOW, September 1. /TASS/. A new two-hour pattern of approaching the International Space Station (ISS) was developed specifically for the Progress MS-21 cargo vehicle to be launched in October, head of the ballistic department of Energia Rocket and Space Corporation told TASS.

"Specialists suggest implementing a pattern, leaving the existing automatic closing-in section only. The pattern was called the two-hour one," Rafail Murtazin said.