Progress MS-07

Progress MS-07

Progress MS-07 shortly before docking to the ISS on 16 October 2017
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roscosmos
COSPAR ID	2017-065A
SATCAT no.	42971
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress MS-07 (No.437)
Spacecraft type	Progress-MS
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	14 October 2017, 08:47 UTC [1]
Rocket	Soyuz-2.1a
Launch site	Baikonur Site 31/6
Contractor	Roscosmos
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Pirs nadir
Docking date	16 October 2017
Undocking date	28 March 2018[2]
Cargo
Fuel	880 kg (1,940 lb)
Gaseous	47 kg (104 lb)
Water	420 kg (930 lb)
Progress ISS Resupply

Progress MS-07 (Russian: Прогресс МC-07), identified by NASA as Progress 68 or 68P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).

Launch

Progress MS-07 was launched on 14 October 2017 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket.^[1] A launch on 12 October 2017 was scrubbed.

Docking

Progress MS-07 was docked with the aft docking port of the Pirs module. This Progress flight was intended to mark the debut of the new two-orbit rendezvous profile which was not possible when the original launch date had to be scrubbed.

Cargo

The Progress MS-07 spacecraft carried about 2450 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station. The spacecraft delivered food, fuel and supplies, including 880 kg of propellant, 47 kg of oxygen and air, 420 kg of water.

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