The successful launch of space rocket Soyuz-FG with a manned transport spaceship Soyuz TMA-03M (Commander Oleg Kononenko (Roscosmos), onboard engineers Andre Kaupers (ESA) and Donald Pettite (NASA)) has been performed on December 21st 2011 at 17.16.15 Moscow time from the launching site of Baikonur’s pad 1, Federal Space Agency reports. AEX.ru
Soyuz TMA-03M has separated from the third stage of the rocket carrier normally after 528 seconds of flight on the artificial Earth satellite orbit.
The docking of Soyuz TMA-03M and ISS is planned on December 23rd 19.22 Moscow time.
