| Progress M-46 | |||||||||||
| Mission Type: | ISS resupply | ||||||||||
| Operator: | Roskosmos | ||||||||||
| Cospar Id: | 2002-033A | ||||||||||
| Satcat: | 27454 | ||||||||||
| Mission Duration: | 104 days | ||||||||||
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress-M s/n 246 | ||||||||||
| Manufacturer: | RKK Energia | ||||||||||
| Launch Date: | 26 June 2002, 05:36:30 UTC | ||||||||||
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U | ||||||||||
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | ||||||||||
| Disposal Type: | Deorbited | ||||||||||
| Decay Date: | 14 October 2002, 10:21:59 UTC | ||||||||||
| Orbit Epoch: | 26 June 2002 | ||||||||||
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric | ||||||||||
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth | ||||||||||
| Orbit Periapsis: | 193 km | ||||||||||
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 245 km | ||||||||||
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.6° | ||||||||||
| Orbit Period: | 88.6 minutes | ||||||||||
| Apsis: | gee | ||||||||||
| Docking: |
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| Cargo Mass: | 2500 kg | ||||||||||
| Programme: | Progress ISS Resupply | ||||||||||
| Previous Mission: | Progress M1-8 | ||||||||||
| Next Mission: | Progress M1-9 | ||||||||||
Progress M-46 (ru|Прогресс М-46|italic=yes), identified by NASA as Progress 8P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 246.[1]
Progress M-46 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 05:36:30 UTC on 26 June 2002.[1]
The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 05:36:30 UTC on 29 June 2002.[2] [3] Prior to docking it was used to conduct tests of the Kurs docking system.[3] It remained docked for 87 days before undocking at 13:58:49 UTC on 24 September 2002[2] to make way for Progress M1-9.[4] It was deorbited at 09:34:00 UTC on 14 October 2002.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 10:21:59 UTC.[2] [5]
Progress M-46 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.