Soyuz/Progress MS-06 has launched!

[Ultimate Steve]

Welcome to Last Minute Launch Threads, where I, @Ultimate Steve, post about rocket launches that nobody has made threads for! (Thread #7-ish, #2 since I started counting.)

Today, we will see the launch of the Soyuz with the Progress MS-06 cargo transfer vehicle, launching to the ISS.

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Launch time: 0920 GMT (5:20 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 67th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station. [April 14]

-SpaceFlightNow

 

Also, it is 12:30 AM here and I went on a five mile hike earlier today (and we ran out of water 2/3 of the way through and it was 90+degrees) so I am really tired and won't be able to watch this launch unless I wake up early (highly doubtful).

Also, I can't seem to find a livestream, so when it goes live, somebody post it, okay?

Enjoy the launch!

Edited June 14, 2017 by Ultimate Steve

[RedKraken]

 

[NSEP]

Too bad i was in school. I watched a little of it during break time but the chat got infected with Flat Earthers so i left.

[magnemoe]

1 hour ago, NSEP said:

Too bad i was in school. I watched a little of it during break time but the chat got infected with Flat Earthers so i left.

Who chat? 
Sound rare and why should this launch be an troll event?

Anyway I love the launch tower and clamps of the Soyuz, I guess the high clamps is to hold the rocket by the booster attachment points so you don't need internal structure for having the rocket on pad this save weight but require an more complex launch platform. 

[NSEP]

11 minutes ago, magnemoe said:

Who chat? 
Sound rare and why should this launch be an troll event?

A fellow YouTuber streamed the launch. He is pretty small YouTuber, he is not a big icon or anything, he does KSP videos too. The fact that he is a small target maybe a reason for trolls and conspirators to pop up and be seen alot more than usual.

[kerbiloid]

Due to the strong wind, fallen first stage caused a fire in steppe, one person died. (Driver of an auxilliary truck).

https://translate.google.ru/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.interfax.ru%2Fworld%2F566672&edit-text=

Edited June 15, 2017 by kerbiloid