Engineering:Progress M-46

Short description: Russian cargo spacecraft

Progress M-46

Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2002-033A
SATCAT no.	27454
Mission duration	104 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Progress-M s/n 246
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	26 June 2002, 05:36:30 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	14 October 2002, 10:21:59 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	193 km
Apogee altitude	245 km
Inclination	51.6°
Period	88.6 minutes
Epoch	26 June 2002
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Zvezda aft
Docking date	29 June 2002, 05:36:30 UTC
Undocking date	24 September 2002, 13:58:49 UTC
Time docked	87 days
Cargo
Mass	2500 kg
Progress ISS Resupply

Progress M-46 (Russian: Прогресс М-46), identified by NASA as Progress 8P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 246.

Launch

Progress M-46 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 05:36:30 UTC on 26 June 2002.

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 05:36:30 UTC on 29 June 2002. Prior to docking it was used to conduct tests of the Kurs docking system. It remained docked for 87 days before undocking at 13:58:49 UTC on 24 September 2002 to make way for Progress M1-9. It was deorbited at 09:34:00 UTC on 14 October 2002. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 10:21:59 UTC.

Progress M-46 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.

See also

• List of Progress flights
• Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station