July 28, 2013.
Unmanned transport cargo vehicle Progress M-20M has docked to the International Space Station!
Russian unmanned transport cargo vehicle Progress M-20M docked to the International Space Station.
Once the transport cargo vehicle had been injected into orbit, 5 hours 41 minutes later, the initial contact with the docking port of the ISS Russian Segment (RS) Pirs Module occurred at 06:26 Moscow Time (as foreseen in its nominal mission program).
July 28, 2013.
Automatic cargo vehicle Progress M-20M flying to the ISS
At 00:45:08 Moscow Time, automatic transport cargo vehicle Progress M-20M was launched from Baikonur Launch site.
The purpose of the launch is to support further in-orbit operation of the International Space Station in accordance with the Russian commitments under the project.
July 25, 2013.
LV Soyuz rollout to the launch pad
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-20M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Soyuz-U launch vehicle was rolled out from the integration building to the launch pad. Soyuz-U launch vehicle with Progress M-20M transport vehicle is installed on the launch pad. L-2 days activities have been started.
July 25, 2013.
Scientific-Technical Board of RSC Energia considered at its regular meeting current scientific data on Earth gravity field and Problems of its further study
S.P. Korolev Rocket-Space Corporation Energia hosted enlarged meeting of the Corporation Scientific-Technical Board (STB) where V.B. Dubovsky, the Head of Laboratory at RAS Institute for Earth Physics after O.Yu. Shmidt delivered the report entitled "State and Problems of Spacecraft-Aided Study of Earth Gravity Field".
July 24, 2013.
Technical management meeting and Government Commission meeting were convened
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-20M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Technical management meeting and Government Commission meeting were convened. A decision is made to roll out Soyuz-U launch vehicle with Progress M-20M transport vehicle to the launch pad.
July 24, 2013.
LV Soyuz general integration is completed
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-20M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Orbital module of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle, containing Progress M-20M spacecraft was integrated with the Soyuz-U launch vehicle in the processing facility.
July 23, 2013.
The orbital module of the LV Soyuz-U with CV Progress M-20M transportation for the general integration with LV
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-20M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Orbital module of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle, containing Progress M-20M spacecraft was transported from the spacecraft processing facility for the general integration with LV.
July 22, 2013.
Designers inspection of Progress M-20M cargo vehicle and payload shroud roll were performed
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-20M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Designers inspection of the Progress M-20M cargo vehicle was completed.
Payload shroud roll on to the Progress M-20M cargo vehicle was performed.
July 19, 2013.
A transfer compartment was docked with Progress M-20M cargo vehicle
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-20M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Progress M-20M transport cargo vehicle was docked with the transfer compartment in the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility.
July 17, 2013.
Progress M-20M cargo vehicle was delivered to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-20M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
Progress M-20M cargo vehicle fuelled with propellant components and compressed gases was delivered to the Spacecraft Assembly and Testing Facility for final processing operations.
July 12, 2013.
A meeting of the Technical management
At Baikonur launch site the preparations continue for the launch of Progress M-20M cargo vehicle under the International Space Station program.
The Technical Management meeting took place, which made a decision to fuel Progress M-20M cargo vehicle with propellant components and compressed gases.
July 6, 2013.
Annual General Shareholders' Meeting was held at S.P. Korolev Rocket-Space Corporation Energia
S.P. Korolev Rocket-Space Public Corporation Energia (RSC Energia) hosted regular annual shareholders' meeting.
14 items were placed on the agenda of the meeting, among which there were the items on the Corporation financial-economic performance in 2012 and election of the Board of Directors and Auditing Committee subject to mandatory review on an annual basis.
July 2, 2013.
About the launch of integrated launch vehicle Proton-M with upper stage Block DM-03 and a cluster of Glonass-M spacecraft
An off-nominal situation occurred at the Baikonur launch site during the launch of Proton-M launch vehicle (LV) with the upper stage Block DM-03 and a cluster of Glonass-M spacecraft soon after the LV first stage came into action, which resulted in the LV crashing into the ground and exploding in the launch pad area.