Progress M-10 Explained

Progress M-10
Mission Type:Mir resupply
Cospar Id:1991-073A
Spacecraft Type:Progress-M 11F615A55
Manufacturer:NPO Energia
Launch Mass:7250kg (15,980lb)
Launch Date: UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-U2
Launch Site:Baikonur Site 1/5
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Inclination:51.6 degrees
Apsis:gee
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Port:Core Forward
Docking Date:21 October 1991, 03:40:50 UTC
Undocking Date:20 January 1992, 07:13:44 UTC
Time Docked:91 days

Progress M-10 (Russian: Прогресс М-10|italic=yes) was a Soviet and subsequently Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1991 to resupply the Mir space station.[1] The 28th of 64 Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it used the Progress-M 11F615A55 configuration,[2] and had the serial number 211.[3] It carried supplies including food, water, and oxygen for the EO-10 crew aboard Mir, as well as equipment for conducting scientific research, and fuel for adjusting the station's orbit and performing manoeuvres. It carried the fourth VBK-Raduga capsule, which was used to return experiment results and equipment to Earth when the Progress was deorbited.

Progress M-10 was launched at 00:05:25 GMT on 17 October 1991, atop a Soyuz-U2 carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.[3] Following four days of free flight, it docked with the forward port of the core module on the second attempt, at 03:40:50 GMT on 21 October.[4] The first attempt had been aborted by the Progress' onboard computer when the spacecraft was away from the station.[5]

During the 91 days for which Progress M-10 was docked, Mir was in an orbit of around 376kmby377kmkm (234milesby234mileskm), inclined at 51.6 degrees. It was launched by the Soviet Union, which was dissolved in December 1991, and along with most aspects of the Soviet space programme, Progress M-10 was inherited by Russia. It undocked from Mir at 07:13:44 GMT on 20 January 1992, and was deorbited few hours later to a destructive reentry over the Pacific Ocean.[6] The Raduga capsule landed at 12:03:30 GMT.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Progress M-10. US National Space Science Data Center. NSSDC Master Catalog. 2009-08-28.
  2. Web site: Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM). Gunter. Krebs. Gunter's Space Page. 2009-08-28.
  3. Web site: Launch Log. McDowell. Jonathan. Jonathan McDowell. Jonathan's Space Page. 2009-08-28.
  4. Web site: Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-10". Alexander. Anikeev. Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts. 2009-08-28. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071018205046/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm10.sht. 2007-10-18.
  5. Web site: Progress M. Wade. Mark. Encyclopedia Astronautica. 2009-08-28. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090710175743/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proressm.htm. 2009-07-10.
  6. Web site: Satellite Catalog. McDowell. Jonathan. Jonathan's Space Page. 2009-08-28.