PROGRESS MS-02

PROGRESS MS-02 is no longer on orbit
PROGRESS MS-02 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 41436

Int'l Code: 2016-022A

Launch date: March 31, 2016
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)
Decay date: 2016-10-14

PROGRESS-MS 02 is a cargo freighter carrying more than 5,300 pounds (2,404 kg) of fuel, water, and supplies for the International Space Station's six-person crew. Russian ground crews packed 5,346 pounds (2,425 kilograms) of fuel, water, air and supplies into the Progress MS-02 spaceship for the journey to the space station, according to a manifest posted online by Roscosmos, the Russian space agency. The cargo craft's pressurized section carries 3,126 pounds (1,418 kilograms) of equipment. That includes 762 pounds (346 kilograms) of sanitary supplies and waste containers, 729 pounds (331 kilograms) of food rations, and packages of towels, napkins, clothing, water filters, air filters, batteries, carbon monoxide and smoke detectors, medical gear, maintenance tools, scientific experiments, and a nanosatellite that will be deployed by hand on a future Russian spacewalk. The Progress supply freighter will also refuel the space station's Zvezda propulsion and service module with 1,190 pounds (540 kilograms) of propellants. The rocket fuel would be used to help steer the space station out of the way of space junk and reboost its orbit.