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Progress transport ships blasts off from Baikonur

The docking is scheduled for 05:24 Moscow time on August 2
Photo ITAR-TASS
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MOSCOW, August 1 (Itar-Tass) —— This year’s third Russian Progress transport ship blasted off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, August 1.

“The Soyuz-U carrier rocket with the spaceship Progress M-16M was launched precisely as scheduled at 23:25 Moscow time,” the Mission Control Centre told Itar-Tass.

In six hours, the transport ship will bring more than 2.6 tonnes of supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).

The docking is scheduled for 05:24 Moscow time on August 2.