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Soyuz-FG Rocket to Be Installed at Baikonur Launch Pad on April 17

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The Russian Roscosmos State Corporation announced in a statement on Saturday that a Soyuz-FG carrier rocket with a Soyuz MS-04 space freighter will be... 15.04.2017, Sputnik International

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Soyuz-FG Rocket to Be Installed at Baikonur Launch Pad on April 17

17:07 GMT 15.04.2017 (Updated: 17:08 GMT 15.04.2017)

A Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the Soyuz TMA-19M manned spacecraft lifts off from the Baikonur Space Center - Sputnik International

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The Russian Roscosmos State Corporation announced in a statement on Saturday that a Soyuz-FG carrier rocket with a Soyuz MS-04 space freighter will be transferred and installed at a launch pad of the Baikonur space center on April 17.

The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft carrying the crew of Shane Kimbrough of the U.S., Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of Russia blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, October 19, 2016. - Sputnik International

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The launch of the Soyuz MS-04 piloted spacecraft will take place on April 20, at 07:13 GMT.

Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and US astronaut Jack Fischer will be on board of the spacecraft, which is expected to reach the International Space Station in 136 days.

"The transfer of the carrier rocket with the Soyuz MS-04 space freighter from an assembly and testing facilities and its installation at the launch pad of the site №1 (Gagarin's Start) of Baikonur space center is scheduled for April 17, 2017," the statement read.