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Russia will launch its next robotic cargo mission, Progress MS-10, to the International Space Station (ISS) on November 16, 2018. The time of the launch had not been announced as of November 2.
In addition to sending supplied to the ISS, this launch will demonstrate that Russia has corrected a problem that doomed the Soyuz MS-10 launch on October 11.
Progress cargo spacecraft and Soyuz crew spacecraft are both launched on Soyuz rockets, although they are slightly different versions. The one that failed on October 11 was a Soyuz FG. It was determined that a damaged sensor pin prevented a nozzle from opening on one of the four strap-on rockets when it should have detached from the core vehicle. The pin was damaged while the rocket was being assembled at the Baikonur Cosmodrome and all Soyuz rockets being launched from there, including the one for Progress MS-10, are being inspected to make certain there are no anomalies.
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