Russian rocket launches International Space Station Point of View

The European Space Agency has released a timelapse video of the Russian cargo spacecraft Progress MS-10 launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The video was taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst of the International Space Station.

The space shuttle was launched at the top of a Soyuz rocket with 2564 kg of cargo and supplies. Flying at 28,800 km / h, 400 km high, the International Space Station needs regular supplies from Earth, like this launch Progress. Spacecraft are launched after flying over the Space Station to catch up with the orbital outpost until two days later, on November 18, 2018.

The images were taken from the European built Cupola module with a camera set to take pictures at regular intervals. The images are then played back one after the other at a speed 8 to 16 times faster than the normal speed. The video shows about 15 minutes of normal speed launch.

The Progress spacecraft was delivering food, fuel and supplies.

Some highlights of this video are:
00:07 Soyuz-FG: Reinforcement of rocket separation.
00:19 Separation of the fundamental steps.
00:34:05 The central phase starts to burn in the atmosphere when it comes back to Earth after exhausting all its fuel.
00:34:19 The Progress probe separates from the rocket and enters orbit to join the International Space Station.