Progress M-48 Explained

Progress M-48
Mission Type:	ISS resupply
Operator:	Roskosmos
Cospar Id:	2003-039A
Satcat:	27873
Mission Duration:	152 days
Spacecraft Type:	Progress-M s/n 248
Manufacturer:	RKK Energia
Launch Date:	29 August 2003, 01:47:59 UTC
Launch Rocket:	Soyuz-U
Launch Site:	Baikonur, Site 1/5
Disposal Type:	Deorbited
Decay Date:	28 January 2004, 13:57:12 UTC
Orbit Epoch:	29 August 2003
Orbit Reference:	Geocentric
Orbit Regime:	Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:	253 km
Orbit Apoapsis:	347 km
Orbit Inclination:	51.6°
Orbit Period:	90.5 minutes
Apsis:	gee
Docking:	Docking Type: dock Docking Port: Zvezda aft Docking Date: 31 August 2003, 03:40:45 UTC Undocking Date: 28 January 2004, 08:35:56 UTC Time Docked: 150 days
Cargo Mass:	2600 kg
Programme:	Progress ISS Resupply
Previous Mission:	Progress M1-10
Next Mission:	Progress M1-11

Progress M-48 (ru|Прогресс М-48|italic=yes), identified by NASA as Progress 12P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 248.^[1]

Launch

Progress M-48 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 01:47:59 UTC on 29 August 2003.^[1]

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 03:40:45 UTC on 31 August.^{[2] [3]} It remained docked for 150 days before undocking at 08:35:56 UTC on 28 January 2004^[2] to make way for Progress M1-11.^[4] It was deorbited at 13:11 UTC on 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 13:57:12 UTC.^{[2] [5]}

Progress M-48 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.

See also

• List of Progress flights
• Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station

Notes and References

1. Web site: Launch Log. McDowell . Jonathan. Jonathan McDowell. Jonathan's Space Page. 2009-06-06.
2. Web site: Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-48". Alexander. Anikeev. Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. 2009-06-06. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071018204313/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm48.sht. 2007-10-18.
3. Web site: Progress M. Wade. Mark. Encyclopedia Astronautica. 2009-06-06. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090710175743/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proressm.htm. 2009-07-10.
4. Web site: Progress cargo ship. Zak. Anatoly. RussianSpaceWeb . 2009-06-06.
5. Web site: Satellite Catalog. McDowell. Jonathan. Jonathan's Space Page. 2009-06-06.