![]() Progress M-61 approaching the ISS. | |
Mission type | ISS resupply |
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Operator | Roskosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2007-033A |
SATCAT no. | 32001 |
Mission duration | 173 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M s/n 361 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 2 August 2007, 17:33:47 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 22 January 2008, 19:51 UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 336 km |
Apogee altitude | 347 km |
Inclination | 51.6° |
Period | 91.4 minutes |
Epoch | 2 August 2007 |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Pirs |
Docking date | 5 August 2007, 18:40 UTC |
Undocking date | 22 December 2007, 03:59 UTC |
Time docked | 139 days |
Cargo | |
Mass | 2300 kg |
Progress ISS Resupply |
Progress M-61 (Russian: Прогресс М-61), identified by NASA as Progress 26P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 361.
Launch
[edit]Progress M-61 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 17:33:47 UTC on 2 August 2007.[1]
Docking
[edit]The spacecraft docked with the Pirs module at 18:40 UTC on 5 August 2007.[2] It remained docked for almost 139 days before undocking at 03:59 UTC on 22 December 2007.[3] Following undocking it conducted technological experiments and research as part of the Plazma-Progress programme for a month prior to being deorbited. It was deorbited at 19:06 UTC on 22 January 2008.[3] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 19:51 UTC.[4][5]
Progress M-61 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
- ^ Wade, Mark. "Progress M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 10 July 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
- ^ a b Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
- ^ Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-61"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 5 June 2009.