At 1030 GMT on 3 February 2023, the cargo craft Progress MS-20 fired its engines for a 1.4m/s to boost itself and the attached International Space Station to 424 x 412 km. Four days later, having been loaded with garbage, at 0456 GMT on 7 February, the Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft was undocked from the aft port of the Zvezda module of the International Space Station (ISS) and moved away for its deorbiting and re-entry.
Progress MS-20 leaves the ISS. Courtesy: Roscosmos via Twitter/Katya Pavlushchenko
Update on 9 February 2023: This was to make way for the Progress MS-22 (ISS-83P) which launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan on a Soyuz 2-1a rocket at 0615 GMT on 9 February 2023.
Update on 13 February 2023: Progress MS-22 docked with Zvezda module of ISS at 0249 GMT on 11 February 2023. It was also revealed that Progress MS-21 which was already attached to the ISS has sprung a leak in its coolant system, similar to the radiator leak occurrence on Soyuz MS-22. This pair of failures makes the original cause of both possibly a quality control failure.
Update on 20 February 2023: Progress MS-21 undocked from the ISS at 0226 GMT on 18 February 2023. Astronauts/cosmonauts aboard took images of coolant leak section.
Update on 21 February 2023: At 0420 GMT on 20 February 2023, the Progress MS-22 spacecraft made a 958s burn to raise itself and the connected ISS by about 3.2km altitude.
Update on 24 February 2022: The uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft was successfully launched onboard a Soyuz 2-1A from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan, at 0024 GMT on 24 February 2023. Soyuz MS-23, a replacement for the damaged Soyuz MS-22, is expected to dock with the ISS early on 26 February 2023.
Soyuz 2-1a lifts off taking Progress MS-22 into orbit. Courtesy: Roscosmos
Update on 27 February 2023: Soyuz MS-23 docked with the Poisk module at 0058 GMT on 26 February 2023.
