08/19/2001 Baikonur launch site
At 5:00 a.m. Moscow time launch vehicle with the Progress-M45 spacecraft was transferred from Assembly and Testing Facility to launch site.
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In that day the launch vehicle with the Progress-M45 spacecraft was installed on the launching pad. The scheduled scope of the vehicle processing was implemented in accordance with the first launch day work schedule.
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08/17/2001 Baikonur launch site
Prelaunch processing activities to launch the Progress-M45 cargo vehicle to the International Space Station are still going on at Baikonur cosmodrome.
Progress-M45 cargo vehicle has been integrated with the launch vehicle in Launch Vehicle Assembly and Testing Facility.
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A meeting of the Intergovermental Commitee and Technical Management was held at 15:00 Moscow time. It was decided to roll out the launcher with the Progress-M45 transport cargo vehicle from the integration and test facility to the launch pad on August 19, 2001.
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08/16/2001 Baikonur launch site
The prelaunch preparation of the Progress M45 cargo spacecraft is well under way in the assembly and test facility at the Baikonur launch site. These spacecraft are to be launched to the International Space Station.

Designers inspection of the Progress-M45 spacecraft.
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Payload shroud roll on to the Progress M45 spacecraft.
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