Engineering:Progress M1-6

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Progress M1-6
Mission typeInternational Space Station resupply
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2001-021A
SATCAT no.26773
Mission duration95 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeProgress-M1 s/n 255
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date20 May 2001, 22:32:40 UTC
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date22 August 2001, 09:50 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude270 km
Apogee altitude316 km
Inclination51.6°
Period90.4 minutes
Epoch20 May 2001
Docking with ISS
Docking portZvezda aft
Docking date23 May 2001, 00:23:57 UTC
Undocking date22 August 2001, 06:02 UTC
Time docked91 days
Progress ISS Resupply
 

Progress M1-6, identified by NASA as Progress 4P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 255.[1]

Launch

Progress M1-6 was launched on the maiden flight of the Soyuz-FG carrier rocket, flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 22:32:40 UTC on 20 May 2001.[1] The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 00:23:57 UTC on 23 May 2001.[2][3]

Undocking

It remained docked for 91 days before undocking at 06:02 UTC on 22 August 2001[2] to make way for Progress M-45.[4] It was deorbited at 09:00 UTC on the same day,[2] burning up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 09:50 UTC.[2][5]

Progress M1-6 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 M1-6"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr1m6.sht. 
  3. Wade, Mark. "Progress M1". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proessm1.htm. 
  4. 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.