On March 19, 2016 at 00:26 (Moscow time) Soyuz-FG Launch Vehicle with Soyuz TMA-20M manned spacecraft was launched successfully from the 1st launch pad (Gagarin launch pad )of Baikonur spaceport.

Soyuz TMA-20M manned spacecraft will deliver to the International Space Station 47/48 expedition crew consist of Eleksey Ovchinin, crew commander (Roscosmos), Oleg Skripochka (Roscosmos) and Jeffrey Williams (NASA).

Soyuz-FG Launch Vehicle was developed and produced by SRC Progress JSC.