The rocket from the Soyuz MS-17 will be taken to the Baikonur launch site on October 11

This was reported on the website of the state corporation.

The report says that the commission, after hearing reports on the test results, made a "decision to export on October 11."

It is noted that the state commission "confirmed the use of an ultra-fast two-turn rendezvous scheme, which will allow the spacecraft to reach the ISS in just three hours after launch."

“The start of the next long-term expedition is scheduled for October 14, 2020, at 08:45:04 Moscow time.

The prime crew consists of Commander Sergei Ryzhikov (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer 1 Sergei Kud-Sverchkov (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer 2 Kathleen Rubins (NASA).

Their back-ups are Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky, Pyotr Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hai, ”the company said.

Earlier it was reported that the orbit of the International Space Station will be corrected on October 7 using the engines of the Progress MS-14 cargo vehicle.