A Soyuz-U rocket launched the Progress M-05M cargo ship to the International Space Station from Baikonur. A Kurs docking-system failure forced cosmonaut Oleg Kotov to complete the docking manually via the backup TORU system.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 9.7 T
- Flight
- 686th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 28 April 2010, 17:15 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 2010-018
- Launches in 2010
- 19th of 74
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