Engineering:Progress MS-13
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Names | Progress 74P |
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Mission type | ISS resupply |
Operator | Roscosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2019-085A |
SATCAT no. | 44833 |
Mission duration | 215 days, 12 hours, 30 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress MS-13 s/n 443 |
Spacecraft type | Progress-MS |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Launch mass | 7280 kg |
Payload mass | 2480 kg |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 6 December 2019, 09:34:11 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a s/n N15000-034 |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31/6 |
Contractor | Progress Rocket Space Centre |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 8 July 2020, 22:05 UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Pirs |
Docking date | 9 December 2019, 10:35:11 UTC[1] |
Undocking date | 8 July 2020, 18:22 UTC |
Time docked | 212 days, 7 hours, 46 minutes [2] |
Cargo | |
Mass | 2480 kg |
Pressurised | 1350 kg |
Fuel | 650 kg |
Gaseous | 50 kg |
Water | 420 kg |
Progress ISS Resupply |
Progress MS-13 (Russian: Прогресс МC-13), Russian production No. 443, identified by NASA as Progress 74P, was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station.[2] This was the 165th flight of a Progress spacecraft.
History
The Progress-MS is an uncrewed freighter based on the Progress-M featuring improved avionics. This improved variant first launched on 21 December 2015. It has the following improvements:[3][4][5]
- New external compartment that enables it to deploy satellites. Each compartment can hold up to four launch containers. First time installed on Progress MS-03.
- Enhanced redundancy thanks to the addition of a backup system of electrical motors for the docking and sealing mechanism.
- Improved Micrometeoroid (MMOD) protection with additional panels in the cargo compartment.
- Luch Russian relay satellites link capabilities enable telemetry and control even when not in direct view of ground radio stations.
- GNSS autonomous navigation enables real time determination of the status vector and orbital parameters dispensing with the need of ground station orbit determination.
- Real time relative navigation thanks to direct radio data exchange capabilities with the space station.
- New digital radio that enables enhanced TV camera view for the docking operations.
- The Ukraine Chezara Kvant-V on board radio system and antenna/feeder system has been replaced with a Unified Command Telemetry System (UCTS).
- Replacement of the Kurs A with Kurs NA digital system.
Pre-launch
In 2014, the launch was originally scheduled for 16 October 2018, but in September 2019, it was rescheduled to 20 December 2019. This was then moved ahead to 6 December 2019.[2]
Launch
Progress MS-13 was launched on 6 December 2019 at 09:34:11 UTC from Baikonur Cosmodrome, from the Site 31/6.[6]
Docking
To avoid docking with the ISS at the same time as SpaceX CRS-19, Progress MS-13 followed a slow three-day rendezvous trajectory rather than the fast-track three hour trajectory used on Progress MS-12. Progress MS-13 docked with the Pirs module at 10:38 UTC on 9 December 2019.[7]
Cargo
The Progress MS-13 spacecraft delivered 2480 kg of cargo, with 1350 kg being pressurized and 1130 kg being unpressurized. The following is a breakdown of cargo bound for the ISS:[2]
- Hardware for onboard systems: 502 kg (1,107 lb)
- Medical supplies: 29 kg (64 lb)
- Personal protective gear: 66 kg (146 lb)
- Sanitary and hygiene items: 271 kg (597 lb)
- Repairs and servicing equipment: 9 kg (20 lb)
- Food: 271 kg (597 lb)
- Means of crew support: 25 kg (55 lb)
- Other payloads: 102 kg (225 lb)
- NASA cargo: 87 kg (192 lb)
Mission
On 3 July 2020 at 15:53 UTC, Progress MS-13 fired its engines to raise the International Space Station orbit 1 km for debris collision avoidance (COLA). This was the first COLA burn for International Space Station since 2015. The debris object 27923 (1987-079AG) was predicted to pass within 1 km of the station at 18:28 UTC on 3 July 2020 over the South Atlantic. The object was one of 42 cataloged from the 1996 breakup of a motor from Proton launcher in September 1987 that put three Glonass satellites in orbit.[8]
Undocking and decay
According to Roskosmos, the vehicle undocked from the International Space Station on 8 July 2020, at 18:22 UTC. The Russian mission control commanded Progress MS-13 to fire its propulsion system on 8 July 2020, at 21:31 UTC. The maneuver resulted in the reentry of the spacecraft over a region of the Pacific Ocean at 22:05 on 8 July 2020. Eight minutes later, any surviving debris of the spacecraft were projected to hit the surface of the ocean, around 1800 km east of New Zealand.[2]
The departure of Progress MS-13 freed the docking port Pirs for the arrival of the fresh Progress MS-15 cargo ship;[2] Progress MS-15 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 23 July 2020.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ↑ Becker, Joachim Wilhelm Josef (3 October 2019). "Expedition 61". SpaceFacts. http://www.spacefacts.de/iss/english/exp_61.htm.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Zak, Anatoly (6 December 2019). "Progress MS-13 to re-supply ISS". RussianSpaceWeb. http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-13.html.
- ↑ Krebs, Gunter (1 December 2015). "Progress-MS 01-19". Gunter's Space Page. https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/progress-ms.htm.
- ↑ "NASA Progress MS-13". NSSDCA. NASA. 6 December 2019. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2019-085A.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Zak, Anatoly (1 December 2015). "Progress-MS". RussianSpaceWeb. http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms.html.
- ↑ "Status - Progress MS-13". NextSpaceflight. 6 December 2019. https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/905.
- ↑ Clark, Stephen (9 December 2019). "Progress docking marks second cargo ship arrival at space station in two days". Spaceflight Now. https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/12/09/progress-ms-13-docking/.
- ↑ McDowell, Jonathan C. (9 July 2020). "Space Report No 780". Jonathan's Space Report. https://planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.780.txt.
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