OREANDA-NEWS. November 24, 2008. The State Board held a meeting to review the results of the Progress M-01M prelaunch processing and to give their "go" to start prelaunch activities at the launch pad.

The State Board approved roll-out operation for the launch vehicle. The operation is to take place on Monday, Nov. 24. The transportation from site 112 (integration and test facility) to site 1 (launch pad) will begin at 4 a.m. Moscow time.

The "Launch Day 1" (L-2) operations will commence after LV erection at the launch pad.

Soyuz-U rocket is planned to orbit the Progress M-01M cargo vehicle on Nov. 26, 2008, at 15:38 Moscow time.

Progress M-01M is the first in the so-called "400" series equipped with modern digital systems. The Argon-16 obsolete system has been replaced by up-to-date CC-101 computer; small RF-telemetry system has been installed onboard the vehicle as well, thus providing high operation rate and performace for the vehicle`s computer systems. In addition, compare to the previous equipment, the mass of this system became much lower.

The new systems are to be tested in Progresses prior to installation in the Soyuz crew vehicles.