17 Aug 2001 - Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Progress-M45 cargo was integrated with the Soyuz-U launch vehicle in the Launch Vehicle and Test Facility.

19 Aug 2001 - Baikonur Cosmodrome.

At 5:00 a.m. Moscow Time, the transporter with the Soyuz-U launch vehicle and the Progress-M45 spacecraft left the Assembly and Testing Facility and arrived to the launch pad for the final pre-launch processing. The Soyuz-U / Progress-M 50 system was erected on the launcher.

• Launch vehicle: Soyuz-U
• Payload: Progress-M 45
• Launch date: 21 Aug 2001
• Launch site: B, LC1
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