“In the course of work at the Baikonur Cosmodrome to prepare for the launch of the Progress MS-13 cargo ship under the program of the 74th mission of the International Space Station's supply, comments were revealed,” the statement said.

As noted, by now they have been eliminated, all on-board systems are being checked.

The state corporation will inform about the launch date of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with a truck later.

Initially, the launch was planned for December 6, but was postponed at the request of NASA, so as not to interfere with the docking of the American ship Dragon.