Progress M-09M Explained

Progress M-09M
Mission Type:ISS resupply
Operator:Roskosmos
Cospar Id:2011-004A
Satcat:37359
Mission Duration:88 days
Spacecraft Type:Progress-M s/n 409
Manufacturer:RKK Energia
Launch Date:28 January 2011, 01:31:39 UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-U
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 1/5
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:26 April 2011, 13:23 UTC
Orbit Epoch:28 January 2011
Orbit Reference:Geocentric[1]
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:260 km
Orbit Apoapsis:301 km
Orbit Inclination:51.65°
Orbit Period:90.12 minutes
Apsis:gee
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Port:Pirs Nadir
Docking Date:30 January 2011, 02:39 UTC
Undocking Date:22 April 2011, 12:38 UTC
Time Docked:82 days
Cargo Mass:2666 kg
Cargo Mass Press:1444 kg (dry cargo)
Cargo Mass Fuel:752 kg
Cargo Mass Gas:50 kg (oxygen)
Cargo Mass Water:420 kg
Programme:Progress ISS Resupply
Previous Mission:Progress M-08M
Next Mission:Progress M-10M

Progress M-09M (Russian: link=no|Прогресс М-09М|italic=yes), identified by NASA as Progress 41P, is a Progress spacecraft which was launched in 2011 to resupply the International Space Station. It was the ninth Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched, and has the serial number 409. The spacecraft was manufactured by RKK Energia, and is operated by the Russian Federal Space Agency. It arrived at the space station during Expedition 26, and undocked during Expedition 27.

Launch and docking

Progress M-09M was launched from Pad 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome,[2] on 28 January 2011 at 01:31:39 UTC.[3] The launch used a Soyuz-U carrier rocket, which placed the Progress spacecraft into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of and an apogee of, inclined at 51.65°. The Progress spacecraft subsequently raised its orbit, and manoeuvred to rendezvous with the space station. It arrived at the ISS on 30 January 2011, successfully docking to the nadir port of the Pirs at 02:39 UTC.[4] [5]

Cargo

Progress M-09M is carrying of cargo to the space station, consisting of of dry cargo, of propellant, of oxygen and of water. Of the fuel aboard the spacecraft, are reserved for orbital manoeuvres whilst docked, such as raising or lowering the station's orbit, whilst the remaining will be used for refuelling the station itself.[2]

The dry cargo aboard Progress M-09M includes parts for the oxygen and water supply systems and the thermal control system, as well as equipment for hardware control and the station's electrical and telemetry systems. Also aboard the spacecraft is of equipment for conducting scientific research aboard the station.[2] For the crew, food, medical and hygiene equipment will also be delivered, as well as documentation and personal items including books by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and a birthday present for station commander Scott Kelly.[6]

The ARISSAT-1 or Kedr of 30 kg, miniaturised satellite was delivered to the ISS aboard Progress M-09M. It is an amateur radio satellite which will be deployed from the station during an EVA on 16 February 2011. The satellite will be operated by RSC Energia,[6] and is part of the RadioSkaf programme. It is intended to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Vostok 1 mission.[7]

Inventory

Total cargo mass delivered: 2666 kg.

Item description[8] Mass (kg)
Propellant in the propulsion system tanks for the ISS needs 250
Propellant in the refuelling system tanks 502
Oxygen 50
Water in the Rodnik system tanks 420
Items in the cargo compartment 1444
Gas supply system 7
Water supply system 106
Thermal control system 9
On-board hardware control system 4
Electrical power supply system 77
Telemetry data system (BITS2-12) 1
Maintenance and repair equipment 4
Sanitary and hygienic items 71
Food containers, fresh products 222
Medical equipment, linen, personal hygienic and prophylactics items 106
Russian crew's hardware 138
Science experimental hardware, including hardware for Photon-Gamma, Typology, SVCh-radiometria, Biodegradation, Kedr satellite, experimental items 147
On-board documentation files, crew provisions, video- and photo-equipment 23
MRM-1 hardware 16
Soyuz TMA-M hardware 2
SM-hardware 2
MRM-2- hardware 5
FGB-hardware 140
US Orbital Segment hardware 371

Undocking and deorbit

Progress M-09M was undocked from the Pirs module at 11:41 UTC on 22 April 2011.[9] After departing the space station, the spacecraft was used for Radar-Progress scientific experiment to investigate a reflection feature of the plasma generated by operations of the Progress propulsion.[10] Upon the completion of this experiment the spacecraft was deorbited, and reentered over the "spacecraft cemetery" in the South Pacific Ocean. The deorbit manoeuvre was performed on 26 April 2011, with debris falling into the ocean at 13:23 UTC.[11] [12]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Satellite Catalog. Jonathan. McDowell. Jonathan's Space Page. 30 November 2013.
  2. Web site: Progress M-09M Cargo Supplies. Russian Federal Space Agency. 29 January 2011. 29 January 2011. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120330063000/http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=11275&lang=en. 30 March 2012. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: ISS On-Orbit Status. NASA. 29 January 2011. 28 January 2011.
  4. Web site: ISS On-Orbit Status. NASA . 10 February 2011. 30 January 2011.
  5. Web site: Ray. Justin. Russia launches another cargo ship to space station . Spaceflight Now. 29 January 2011. 27 January 2011.
  6. Web site: Harding. Pete. Progress M-09M launches to stowage-laden ISS. NASASpaceflight.com . 29 January 2011. 27 January 2011.
  7. Web site: Kedr Smallsat Launched on Progress for Deployment by a Cosmonaut During EVA . SpaceRef. 29 January 2011. 28 January 2011.
  8. Web site: Progress M-09M Cargo Supplies. Russian Federal Space Agency. 29 January 2011. 4 February 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120330063012/http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=11275. 30 March 2012. dmy-all.
  9. Web site: NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 22 April 2011. NASA. SpaceRef. 23 April 2011. 27 April 2011.
  10. Web site: Progress M-09M Departed from the ISS. Russian Federal Space Agency. 22 April 2011. 27 April 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120315121750/http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=11704. 15 March 2012. dmy-all.
  11. RIA Novosti, "Russia's Progress M-09M Spacecraft To Be Sunk in Pacific", 26 April 2011.
  12. Web site: Progress M-09M was Sunk in the Pacific. Russian Federal Space Agency. 26 April 2011. 27 April 2011. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120330063032/http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=11728. 30 March 2012. dmy-all.