Cosmonautics. "Progress" for nanosatellites (2015)

A new series of Progress cargo ships has acquired an unusual function: launching spacecraft.

Special launch containers will be installed on the new Progresses-MS, where mini-devices of the CubeSat standard will be located in an amount of up to 8 pieces.

The satellites will be put into orbit during the spacecraft's flight to the ISS.

Interview: Associate Professor of the Interuniversity Department of Space Research of SSAU Andrey Kramlikh, Deputy Head of the Project Department for cargo ships of RSC Energia Artem Pavlichenko.