| Progress M-44 | |||||||||||
| Mission Type: | International Space Station resupply | ||||||||||
| Operator: | Roskosmos | ||||||||||
| Cospar Id: | 2001-008A | ||||||||||
| Satcat: | 26713 | ||||||||||
| Mission Duration: | 49 days | ||||||||||
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress-M s/n 244 | ||||||||||
| Manufacturer: | RSC Energia | ||||||||||
| Launch Date: | 26 February 2001, 08:09:35 UTC | ||||||||||
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U | ||||||||||
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | ||||||||||
| Disposal Type: | Deorbited | ||||||||||
| Decay Date: | 16 April 2001, 14:11 UTC | ||||||||||
| Orbit Epoch: | 26 February 2001 | ||||||||||
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric | ||||||||||
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth | ||||||||||
| Orbit Periapsis: | 193 km | ||||||||||
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 243 km | ||||||||||
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.6° | ||||||||||
| Orbit Period: | 88.64 minutes | ||||||||||
| Apsis: | gee | ||||||||||
| Docking: |
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| Cargo Mass: | 2500 kg | ||||||||||
| Programme: | Progress flights | ||||||||||
| Previous Mission: | Progress M1-5 | ||||||||||
| Next Mission: | Progress M1-6 | ||||||||||
| Programme2: | Progress ISS logistics flights | ||||||||||
| Previous Mission2: | Progress M1-4 | ||||||||||
| Next Mission2: | Progress M1-6 | ||||||||||
Progress M-44 (ru|Прогресс М-44|italic=yes), identified by NASA as Progress 3P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 244.[1]
Progress M-44 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 08:09:35 UTC on 26 February 2001.[1] The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 09:49:47 UTC on 28 February 2001.[2] [3]
It remained docked for 47 days before undocking at 08:48 UTC on 16 April 2001.[2] It was deorbited at 13:23 UTC the same day.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 14:11 UTC.[2] [4]
Progress M-44 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. It was the first Progress-M spacecraft to visit the ISS, previous resupply missions having used the Progress-M1.