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Preparation for launch of cargo spaceship Progress М-65 proceeds at Baikonur

Preparation for launch of the cargo transport ship Progress М-65 proceeds at Baikonur, the agency reports referring to Roscosmos press service.

Baikonur. August 11. Kazakhstan Today - Preparation for launch of the cargo transport ship Progress М-65 proceeds at Baikonur, the agency reports referring to Roscosmos press service.

According to the press service, the experts of the cosmodrome finished electric tests of the systems of the cargo ship Progress М-65 in the assembly testing complex of the platform №254.

"The main plant of Baikonur branch of Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energy and the Federal space center Baikonur started complex tests of the ship.

In the beginning of the next week complex tests will be finished and cargo transport ship Progress М-65 will be transported to the anechoic chamber for its radio systems check.

Cargo transport ship Progress М-65 launch by means of the rocket carrier Soyuz-U is planned for September 10, 2008.

Cargo transport ship М-65 will deliver to the International space station about 4.5 tons of cargoes, foodstuffs, fuel and scientific equipment.

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