OREANDA-NEWS. September 10, 2008. Baikonur Space Port- Soyuz-U rocket/ Progress M-65 transport cargo vehicle prelaunch processing is almost over.

Today, launcher`s fuelling system is being verified in launch pad 1. Late cargo loading is also conducted.

At 4:00 p.m. Moscow time the specialists will start preparing the rocket for propellant loading.

State Board to be held at 7:20 p.m. Moscow time is to approve initiation of this process. The propellant loading operation is planned to start at 8:00 p.m. Moscow time.

Soyuz-U is scheduled for launch at 11:50 p.m. Moscow time, on Sept. 10, 2008. The launcher will loft Progress M-65 cargo vehicle which is to perform supply mission to the International Space Station.