{"id":93686,"date":"2011-05-01T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-01T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T00:00:00","slug":"final-preparations-are-underway-for-soyuz-first-%c2%93virtual%c2%94-flight-from-the-spaceport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=93686","title":{"rendered":"Final preparations are underway for Soyuz&#8217; first \u0093virtual\u0094 flight from the Spaceport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preparations for the simulated first flight of Soyuz from French Guiana are proceeding on schedule for a \u0093liftoff\u0094 this week, confirming the medium-lift vehicle\u0092s readiness to join Arianespace\u0092s launcher family during 2011.<\/p>\n<p>With a fully-assembled Soyuz now on the Spaceport\u0092s launch pad for its historic dry run exercise, mission teams have entered the final phase of preparations \u0096 providing a realistic validation of operational procedures from the 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