The Russian Progress M-58 spacecraft aboard a three-stage Soyuz booster was successfully launched at 13:40 GMT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The Progress spacecraft will automatically dock with the international space station at 14:28 GMT, Thursday.
Lift-off of the Russian Progress M-58 spacecraft aboard a three-stage Soyuz booster from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is scheduled for 13:40 GMT.
Сегодня на космодроме Байконур проводятся работы по графику первого стартового дня ракеты космического назначения «Союз-У» с грузовым транспортным кораблем «Прогресс М-58». Транспортировка «Прогресса» из монтажно-испытательного корпуса площадки №112 на стартовый комплекс площадки №1 началась в 5.00 мск. Около 7.00 мск ракета была доставлена на стартовый комплекс и началась ее установка. Сведение ферм обслуживания завершилось около 8.30 мск.
The Progress M-58 freighter was scheduled to be launched on a Soyuz-U rocket at 5:40 p.m. Moscow time (9:40 a.m. EDT) Monday. The freighter will supply about 2 1/2 tons of cargo, including fuel components, scientific equipment, documents, food, water, air and parcels to the crew. It will also supply a spare set of cables and valves for the Elektron oxygen generator that broke last month. The freighter is scheduled to dock with the space station Thursday.
A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 23rd Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 13:40 GMT on 23rd October.
A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch the 23rd Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on October 23rd.