| Progress MS-20 | |||||||||
| Names List: | Progress 81P | ||||||||
| Mission Type: | ISS resupply | ||||||||
| Operator: | Roscosmos | ||||||||
| Spacecraft: | Progress MS-20 no.450 | ||||||||
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress MS | ||||||||
| Manufacturer: | Energia | ||||||||
| Launch Mass: | 7000 kg | ||||||||
| Launch Date: | 3 June 2022, 09:32:00 | ||||||||
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-2.1a | ||||||||
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 31 | ||||||||
| Launch Contractor: | Progress Rocket Space Centre | ||||||||
| Disposal Type: | Deorbited | ||||||||
| Decay Date: | 07 February 2023, 08:37 UTC | ||||||||
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric orbit | ||||||||
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth orbit | ||||||||
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.65° | ||||||||
| Apsis: | gee | ||||||||
| Docking: |
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| Insignia Size: | 200px | ||||||||
| Programme: | Progress ISS Resupply | ||||||||
| Previous Mission: | Progress MS-19 | ||||||||
| Next Mission: | Progress MS-21 | ||||||||
Progress MS-20, Russian production No.450, identified by NASA as Progress 81P, is a Progress spaceflight launched by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). It is the 173rd flight of a Progress spacecraft.
The Progress-MS is an uncrewed freighter based on the Progress-M featuring improved avionics. This improved variant first launched on 21 December 2015. It has the following improvements:
On 3 February 2021, the State Commission for Testing of the Piloted Space Systems, chaired by Roskosmos head Dmitry Rogozin, approved the latest ISS schedule for 2021 and the first quarter of 2022.
A Soyuz-2.1a launched Progress MS-20 to the International Space Station from Baikonur Site 31 on 3 June 2022 on a fast-track trajectory. Around 3 hours 20 minutes after the launch, Progress MS-20 automatically docked with Zvezda and continue its mission for 196 days, supporting Expedition 67 and Expedition 68 missions aboard the ISS.
The MS-20 cargo capacity is as follows:
A 3D printer will also be delivered to ISS by progress, along with 4 Russian experimental cubesats (ЮЗГУ No.11 & 12 / SWSU No11 & 12 plus Циолковский-Рязань 1 & 2/ Tsiolkovsky-Ryazan 1 & 2),[1] which were deployed from the ISS by Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev during EVA 3 spacewalk. See 2022 List of spacecraft deployed from the International Space Station.