Progress M1-6
Mission type | ISS resupply |
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Operator | Roskosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2001-021A |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M1 11F615A55 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 20 May 2001, 22:32:40 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
Launch site | Baikonur Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 22 August 2001, 09:50 UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Zvezda Aft |
Docking date | 23 May 2001, 00:23:57 UTC |
Undocking date | 22 August 2001, 06:02 UTC |
Time docked | 3 months |
Progress M1-6, identified by NASA as Progress 4 or 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]
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 GMT on 20 May 2001.[1] The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 00:23:57 GMT on 23 May.[2][3] It remained docked for three months before undocking at 06:02 GMT on 22 August[2] to make way for Progress M-45.[4] It was deorbited at 09:00 GMT 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 GMT.[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.
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References
- 1 2 McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- 1 2 3 4 Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M1-6"". Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ↑ Wade, Mark. "Progress M1". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ↑ Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
- ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-06-07.