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08/01/2012
Liftoff!
In accordance with the flight program of the International Space Station August 1 in 23.35 GMT with a ground launch complex Baikonur cosmodrome launch rocket Soyuz-U to transport cargo vehicle (THC) Progress M-16M.
Liftoff ILV Soyuz-U with THC Progress M-16M
After separation from the regular third stage rocket, THC Progress M-16M launched into orbit Sputnik and adopted by the management of the Mission Control Center near Moscow TsNIIMash (Korolev).
Mission Control Center near Moscow TsNIIMash (Korolev) room
THC docked Progress M-16M to the module Pirs of the International Space Station scheduled for August 2 in 5.24 Moscow time on the fourth turn of the flight.
Progress Launch Profile
The ship delivered cargo to the station needed to keep the ISS in manned mode and the program of applied research on its board. Among the goods - fuel, water, food, equipment, systems management, communications and life support, supplies of compressed oxygen, medical equipment, personal hygiene and control of purity of the atmosphere and cleaning stations, equipment for scientific research and experiments, additional equipment for the Russian and segments of the American station, as well as parcels for the crew of the ISS.
Original text in Russian: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19382
Images, Video, Text, Credits: Press Service of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos PAO) / Roscosmos TV / NASA TV / Screen captures: Orbiter,ch / Translation: Orbiter.ch,
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