12/22/2004 Baikonur Cosmodrome.
At 5:00 a.m. Moscow Time, the transporter with the Soyuz-U launch vehicle and the Progress M-51 spacecraft left the Assembly and Testing Facility and arrived to the launch pad for the final pre-launch processing. The Soyuz-U - Progress M-51 system was erected on the launcher.
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12/21/2004 Baikonur Cosmodrome.
A meeting of the Governmental Commission and the Technical Management was held where a decision was made to roll out the launch vehicle carrying Progress M-51 to the launch pad.
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The orbital module was integrated with the Soyuz-U launch vehicle in the processing facility.
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12/20/2004 Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Orbital module of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle, containing Progress M-51 spacecraft was transported from the spacecraft processing facility for the general integration with LV.
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12/17/2004 Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Designers inspection of the Progress M-51 cargo vehicle and payload shroud roll on to the cargo vehicle was completed in the Spacecraft Assembly and Test Facility.
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