Cargo spacecraft "Progress MS-09"

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Description:

• PROGRESS MS-09 is a Russian International Space Station resupply mission.

Mission Report:

• On Jul 9, 2018 Progress MS-09 was launched from Baikonur and made the fastest-ever ISS rendezvous, docking with the Pirs module only 3h 39m 13s after launch. The only faster flights in history from Earth launch to orbital rendezvous and docking were Cosmos-188 and Gemini 11, at 1h 8m and 1h 34min respectively.
  The cargo ship delivered spacesuit Orlan MKS-5 to the station.
• Progress MS-09 undocked from the Pirs module at 1255 UTC Jan 25, 2019; after a deorbit burn at 1608 UTC it was destroyed on reentry, with debris falling in the S Pacific east of New Zealand at 1650 UTC.

External links:

• Russian Spaceweb: Progress Information

Astrophilately covers:

Progress MS-09 undocking, cancel KSC. Credit: #411