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Baikonur cosmodrome, 31-01-2003:

Prelaunch processing activities to launch Progress M-47 cargo vehicle
to the International Space Station are in progress at Baikonur
cosmodrome. 

At 5:00 a.m. Moscow time launch vehicle with the Progress M-47
spacecraft was transferred from Assembly and Testing Facility to
launch site. The Soyuz-U - Progress M-47 system was erected on the
launcher.

Photo-report

30-01-2003:

In the LV processing facility, the orbital module was integrated with
the launch vehicle. A meeting of the State Board and the Technical
Management was held where a decision was made to roll out the launch
vehicle carrying the Progress M-47 to the launch pad.

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