Live streaming of the launch will take place
Roscosmos announced the exact time for the launch of Progress MS-22 cargo spacecraft. This will take it to the International Space Station.
So the launch of the Soyuz-2a rocket vehicle with Progress MS-22 will take place at 9:15 Moscow Time on February 9, 2022. Roscosmos will live broadcast the launch, and the broadcast will be accessible on YouTube and other platforms.
The Progress MS-22 at Baikonur Cosmodrome has been prepared for refuelling with fuel components or compressed gases. The ship will then return to the 31st cosmodrome for refueling. It will then proceed to the assembly and testing building at the 254th site, where it will continue pre-launch preparations.
Roskosmos has noted that Progress MS-22 is not the only ship at Baikonur. Progress MS-23 ships, Progress MS-24 and Progress MS-25, as well as Progress MS-22 are also present.
It was earlier reported that Progress MS-22 was to deliver gifts from relatives to astronauts. Also, food packages and rations including borscht and beluga to astronauts were to be delivered.