Maiden flight of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle, carrying the Progress M1-6 cargo craft to the International Space Station with about 2.5 tonnes of food, fuel, water, and equipment, including nearly a tonne of propellant for station reboosts.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 9.8 T (est.)
- Flight
- 1st
- of 60 Soyuz FG flights
- Date and time
- 20 May 2001, 22:32 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz FG
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 2001-021
- Launches in 2001
- 21st of 59
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