Engineering:Progress M-53

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Progress M-53
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Progress M-53 approaching the ISS.
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2005-021A
SATCAT no.28700
Mission duration83 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeProgress-M s/n 353
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date16 June 2005, 23:09:34 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date7 September 2005,
14:12:40 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude351 km
Apogee altitude353 km
Inclination51.6°
Period91.0 minutes
Docking with ISS
Docking portZvezda aft
Docking date19 June 2005, 00:41:31 UTC
Undocking date7 September 2005,
10:25:57 UTC
Time docked80 days
Cargo
Mass2500 kg
Progress ISS Resupply
 

Progress M-53 (Russian: Прогресс М-53), identified by NASA as Progress 18P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 353.[1]

Launch

Progress M-53 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 23:09:34 UTC on 16 June 2005.[1]

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 00:41:31 UTC on 19 June 2005.[2][3] The docking was conducted using the backup TORU system, under the control of cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, due to a power failure at one of the spacecraft's ground control stations.[4] It remained docked for 80 days before undocking at 10:25:57 UTC on 7 September 2005[2] to make way for Progress M-54.[4] It was deorbited at 13:26:00 UTC on 7 September 2005.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 14:12:40 UTC.[2][5]

Progress M-53 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-53"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm53.sht. 
  3. Wade, Mark. "Progress M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proressm.htm. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress.html. 
  5. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. http://www.planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt.