"We are planning to repeat the launch of the Progress cargo spacecraft in an ultra-short two-rotation scheme next March. The flight time is three hours. In a year and a half, we will deliver cosmonauts and space tourists to the ISS faster than a flight from Moscow to Brussels," Rogozin wrote on Twitter.
Пуск грузового корабля "Прогресс" по двухвитковой сверхкороткой схеме планируем повторить в марте следующего года.
— Дмитрий Рогозин (@Rogozin) December 16, 2018
Продолжительность полёта — 3 часа.
Через полтора года будем доставлять на #МКС космонавтов, а также космических туристов быстрее, чем лететь от Москвы до Брюсселя. pic.twitter.com/78lBWqNN0R
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Rogozin also confirmed information, provided earlier to Sputnik by a source, that the next cargo spacecraft would be launched on March 28 under an ultra-fast scheme.
For decades, spaceships with crew and cargo typically flew for about 50 hours before reaching the ISS. In 2013, Russia introduced a six-hour route to the International Space Station, consisting of four orbits.
The Progress MS-09 spacecraft was first launched to the ISS under the three-hour scheme in July.
