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[b]Launch of Progress MS-09 on fastest-track to station[/b] Russia's Progress MS-09 cargo spacecraft lifted off on Monday (July 9) to the International Space Station, following the fastest-ever track to the orbiting laboratory. The 70th Progress freighter bound for the International Space Station launched atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket at 5:51 p.m. EDT (2151 GMT or 3:51 a.m. July 10 local time) from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Carrying almost three tons of food, fuel, and supplies, the Russian craft is expected to dock to the Pirs module at 9:39 p.m. EDT (0139 GMT). The less-than-four-hour, two-orbit trip is demonstrating an expedited capability that may be used on future Russian cargo and crew launches. Earlier, the fastest rendezvous track was six hours and four orbits. This new two-day track was made possible by launching just before the space station flew over the Baikonur Cosmodrome. At the time of the launch, the outpost was flying about 250 miles (400 kilometers) over southwest Uzbekistan, south of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Progress MS-09 spacecraft will remain at the space station until late January 2019.
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