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March 30, 2012.
Block DM delivered the spacecraft to the target orbit

The launch of spacecraft (SC) to order of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation was performed using the Upper Stage (US) developed and manufactured by RSC Energia.
The launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome was performed at 09:50 Moscow time.
The orbital stage within US+SC began a free flight upon separation from the launch vehicle in near-earth orbit where the first burn of the main engine of the Upper Stage was provided at 11:03 Moscow time. The second burn of this engine occurred at 16:23 Moscow time.
The spacecraft separated from the Upper Stage at 16:27 Moscow time.

March 29, 2012.
The RSC Energia specialists provided the docking of European vehicle Edoardo Amaldi to the ISS

The European automated transfer vehicle ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi launched on March 23 from the Guiana Space Center successfully docked to the Russian Service Module Zvezda of the International Space Station (ISS) at 02:31:17 (on March 28 at 22:31:17 GMT).

March 1, 2012.
Academician Boris Yevseevich Chertok centenary was marked at RSC Energia

At S.P. Korolev Rocket & Space Corporation Energia the enlarged meeting of the Corporation Scientific-Technical Council was held, which was dedicated to the centenarian anniversary of Boris Yevseevich Chertok, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an famous Russian scientist and designer of rocket-space technology, an associate of S.P. Korolev.