Progress MS-11 Spacecraft Launched to Reach ISS in Record Time (VIDEO)

© AP Photo / Roscosmos Space Agency Press ServiceIn this photo distributed by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, Russian cargo ship Souz FG with the Progress MS-10 takes off from the launch pad at Russia's main space facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan
In this photo distributed by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, Russian cargo ship Souz FG with the Progress MS-10 takes off from the launch pad at Russia's main space facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Sputnik International
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Russia's Progress MS-11 cargo spacecraft reached the International Space Station (ISS) in record three hours and 22 minutes after launch from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Thursday, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the Mission Control Center outside Moscow.

The resupply mission was carried out on a two-orbit, super fast-track rendezvous profile with the orbital outpost.

Usually, the Russian space freighters use a standard two-day or short six-hour rendezvous profiles to reach the ISS.

The launch was initially scheduled for 28 March, however, it had to be postponed for a week. Now the spacecraft is expected to break a record by carrying the cargo to the ISS in just three hours.

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