Progress M-01M Explained

Progress M-01M
Mission Type:ISS resupply
Operator:Roskosmos
Cospar Id:2008-060A
Satcat:33443
Mission Duration:74 days
Spacecraft Type:Progress-M s/n 401
Manufacturer:RKK Energia
Launch Date:26 November 2008, 12:38 UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-U
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 1/5
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:8 February 2009, 08:20 UTC
Orbit Epoch:26 November 2008
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:151.15 km
Orbit Apoapsis:205.80 km
Orbit Inclination:51.6°
Orbit Period:88.00 minutes
Apsis:gee
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Date:30 November 2008, 12:28 UTC
Undocking Date:6 February 2009, 04:10 UTC
Time Docked:68 days
Cargo Mass:2423 kg
Cargo Mass Press:1343 kg (dry cargo)
Cargo Mass Fuel:820 kg
Cargo Mass Water:210 kg
Programme:Progress ISS Resupply
Previous Mission:Progress M-65
Next Mission:Progress M-66

Progress M-01M (Russian: Прогресс М-01М|italic=yes), identified by NASA as Progress 31P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was the first flight of the Progress-M 11F615A60, which featured a TsVM-101 digital flight computer and MBITS digital telemetry system,[1] in place of the earlier analogue systems. It was the first Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft, and had the serial number 401.

Launch

It was launched at 12:38 UTC on 26 November 2008 from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, atop a Soyuz-U carrier rocket. Following a four-day free flight, it docked with Pirs module of the ISS at 12:28 UTC on 30 November 2008.

Antenna problem

Immediately after launch, an antenna used by the spacecraft's Kurs docking system failed to deploy.[2] The antenna was successfully deployed about three hours later after flight controllers resent the deployment command, however the spacecraft was docked using the backup TORU system,[3] controlled by cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, as a precaution.

Docking

It remained docked until 6 February 2009, when it undocked at 04:10 UTC. It subsequently spent two days in free flight, before being deorbited, and burning up in the atmosphere at 08:19 UTC on 8 February 2009.[4]

Cargo

Progress M-01M carried of cargo, consisting of which of fuel, of water, and of dry cargo. The dry cargo included Japanese food for Koichi Wakata, who arrived aboard the station in March 2009 as part of Expedition 18.[5] [6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Progress-M 1M - 10M (11F615A60, 7KTGM). Gunter's Space Page. 2009-04-07. Gunter. Krebs.
  2. Web site: Russian Cargo Ship on Course for Space Station. 2009-04-07. Space.com. 2008-11-26 . Tariq. Malik.
  3. Web site: Unmanned Russian resupply spacecraft docks with ISS. 2009-04-07 . SpaceDaily. 2008-11-30.
  4. Web site: Progress M-01M cargo ship. Zak. Anatoly. 2009-02-10. RussianSpaceWeb. 2009-04-07. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090202221313/http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress_m_01m.html. February 2, 2009.
  5. Web site: Russia sends upgraded cargo ship to space station. 2009-04-07. Fox News. 2008-11-26. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090221172632/http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Nov26/0,4670,EURussiaSpaceStation,00.html. 2009-02-21.
  6. Web site: Progress launched to ISS. SpaceToday. 2009-04-07.