Progress M-25M Explained

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Progress M-25M
Mission Type:ISS resupply
Operator:Roskosmos
Cospar Id:2014-067A
Satcat:40292
Mission Duration:178 days
Spacecraft Type:Progress-M s/n 425
Manufacturer:RKK Energia
Launch Mass:7290 kg
Launch Date:29 October 2014,
07:09:43 UTC[1]
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-2.1a
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 31/6
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:26 April 2015, 13:00 UTC
Orbit Epoch:29 October 2014
Orbit Reference:Geocentric[2]
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:418.0 km
Orbit Apoapsis:423.0 km
Orbit Inclination:51.67°
Orbit Period:92.85 minutes
Apsis:gee
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Date:29 October 2014, 13:08 UTC
Undocking Date:25 April 2015, 06:41:14 UTC[3]
Time Docked:178 days
Cargo Mass:2351 kg
Cargo Mass Press:1283 kg (dry cargo)
Cargo Mass Fuel:880 kg
Cargo Mass Gas:48 kg (oxygen and air)
Cargo Mass Water:420 kg
Programme:Progress ISS Resupply
Previous Mission:Progress M-24M
Next Mission:Progress M-26M

Progress M-25M (Russian: Прогресс М-25М|italic=yes), identified by NASA as Progress 57P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2014.[4] Progress M-25M was launched on a six-hours rendezvous profile towards the ISS. The 25th Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched, it had the serial number 425 and was built by RKK Energia.

Launch

The spacecraft was launched on 29 October 2014 at 07:09:43 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.[5] This was the first time the upgraded Soyuz-2.1a rocket was used for an ISS mission launch.[6]

Docking

Traveling about over the Atlantic Ocean, the unpiloted ISS Progress M-25M Russian cargo ship docked at 13:08 UTC on 29 October 2014 to the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station, less than six hours after launch.

Cargo

The Progress spacecraft carries 2351 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.[7] The craft is delivering food, fuel and supplies, including 880 kg of propellant; 22 kg of oxygen; 26 kg of air; 420 kg of water; and 1283 kg of spare parts, supplies and experiment hardware for the six members of the Expedition 41 crew currently living and working in space. Progress M-25M is scheduled to remain docked to Pirs for six months.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Launch Log. Jonathan. McDowell. Jonathan's Space Page . 29 October 2014.
  2. Web site: PROGRESS-M 25M - Orbit. Peat. Chris . Heavens-Above. 1 November 2014. 25 January 2015.
  3. Web site: Progress M-25M Mission Updates - Spaceflight101. 2015-05-05. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150430061053/http://www.spaceflight101.com/progress-m-25m-mission-updates.html. 2015-04-30.
  4. Web site: Russian Progress M-25M docks with the ISS . NASASpaceflight.com. October 29, 2014. William Graham. Pete Harding. Chris Bergin.
  5. Web site: Russians launch Progress supply ship to space station. Spaceflight Now. 23 July 2014. William Harwood. 30 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20151210062311/http://spaceflightnow.com/2014/10/29/russians-launch-progress-supply-ship-to-space-station/. 10 December 2015. dead.
  6. Web site: Progress M-25M flies on a modified Soyuz rocket. RussianSpaceWeb.com. 29 October 2014. Anatoly Zak.
  7. Web site: Progress M-25M. Roscosmos. 29 October 2014. 30 October 2014. 30 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141030114400/http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/progress_m25m.htm. dead.