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| Soyuz rocket missions in 2001 07:28:42 Moscow Time (04:28 GMT; 11:28 p.m. EST on January 23) A Soyuz-U rocket carrying theProgress M1-5 (No. 254) spacecraft with 2,677 kilograms of propellant forMir's deorbiting maneuvers lifted off fromSite 1 inBaikonur. April 28,13:37:20 Baikonur Time (07:37 GMT, 3:37 a.m. EST): A Soyuz-U rocket lifted off fromSite 1 inBaikonur carrying theSoyuz TM-32 spacecraft with commander Talgat Musabaev, flight engineer Yuri Baturin and a US space tourist Dennis Tito on their way to theISS. May 21,04:32 Baikonur Time: The first Soyuz-FG rocket with a modified injection system ("forsunochnaya golovka") on the engines of the first and second stages, lifted off from fromSite 1 inBaikonur, carrying theProgress M1-6 cargo ship on its way to the International Space Station. Site 1 inBaikonur carrying the October 25,15:34 Moscow Time (7:34 a.m. EDT): A rocket lifted off from Pad 3 at Site 43 inPlesetsk and ten minutes later successfully deliveredMolniya-3 spacecraft into its initial orbit. The fourth stage of the launcher was expected to fire again to push the spacecraft into its final highly elliptical orbit with an inclination 62.8 degrees toward the Equator. The launch was previously scheduled for October 11.
Launches of the Soyuz rocket family in 2001:
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A Soyuz-U rocket with Soyuz TM-32 shortly before launch on April 28. Copyright © 2001 Anatoly Zak
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