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11/02/2013
Progress M-18M (P50) launch
February 11 at 18:41 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-18M (P50).
Russian Cargo Ship Heads to Station
According to cyclogram flight spacecraft separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle and placed into the desired orbit.
Progress Launch Profile
Docking THC Progress M-18M from the International Space Station (docking bay Pirs) is scheduled for February 12.
Progress Vehicle Events
Cargo ship - the first of a planned in 2013, must 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=19887
Images, Video, Text, Credits: Press Service of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos PAO) / Roscosmos TV / NASA TV / Screen captures & Translation: Orbiter.ch Aerospace.
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