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Rocket Soyuz-U with cargo spacecraft Progress М-66 to be launched from Baikonur

The carrier rocket Soyuz-U with the cargo spacecraft Progress М-66 will be launched from Baikonur today, the agency reports citing a source at the cosmodrome.

Baikonur. February 10. Kazakhstan Today - The carrier rocket Soyuz-U with the cargo spacecraft Progress М-66 will be launched from Baikonur today, the agency reports citing a source at the cosmodrome.

The final operations for preparation for launch of the rocket Soyuz-U with the cargo space craft Progress М-66 scheduled for February, 8th on a launch pad are being carried out today on the launch complex of the platform №31.

The cargo spacecraft Progress М-66 will be launched today at 11.48 Astana time (08.48 Moscow time) with the help of the carrier rocket Soyuz-U.

The cargo spacecraft Progress М-66 will deliver to the International Space Station about 2.5 tons of cargoes: fuel for maintenance of the orbit of the station, food, water, and scientific equipment.

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