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Progress M-16M (Western designation Progress 47) lifted off from Baikonur on August 1, 2012. Six hours later, Progress automatically docked to the International Space Station. The new accelerated rendezvous could be also applied to manned Soyuz vehicles in the future.
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Progress 47 redocked to the International Space Station on July 28, 2012, after completing tests of an upgraded rendezvous system. The spacecraft will undock on July 30 and spend the following couple of weeks in the vicinity of the station in order to complete more tests.
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On July 22, 2012, a Soyuz-FG/Fregat launch vehicle placed in orbit five satellites: Canopus-B and Zond-PP (Russia), BCA (Belarus), TET-1 (Germany), and ADS-1 (Canada).
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Who said you cannot have fun at the launch pad in Baikonur?
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Progress 47 cargo spacecraft, filled with trash for disposal, undocked from the International Space Station on July 22, 2012. During the following two days, Russian engineers will test a new automated rendezvous system, known as Kurs-NA.
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