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31/10/2012
Soyuz-U & Progress M-17M launch
October 31 at 11:41.18 MSK (MSK - Moscow Time) from the launch complex of the platform 1 was launched Baikonur Launch Vehicle (ILV) Soyuz-U to transport cargo ship (THC) Progress M-17M.
Russian Cargo Craft Launches
According to the RCN in flight cyclogram 11:50.07 MSK spacecraft separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle and placed into the desired orbit.
Docking THC Progress M-17M from the International Space Station (service module Zvezda of the Russian segment of the ISS) is scheduled today at 17:40 MSK (3:41 a.m. EDT Wednesday).
Progress-M space cargo
Cargo ship should be delivered to the ISS more than 2.5 tonnes of cargo - scientific equipment and spare parts for the station, the fuel to maintain its orbit, food, water and air for the astronauts.
Original text in Russian: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19653
For more information about International Space Station (ISS), visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Images, Video, Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS / NASA / NASA TV / Translation: Orbiter.ch.
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