Progress M-50 Explained

Progress M-50
Mission Type:	ISS resupply
Operator:	Roskosmos
Cospar Id:	2004-032A
Satcat:	28399
Mission Duration:	134 days
Spacecraft Type:	Progress-M s/n 350
Manufacturer:	RKK Energia
Launch Date:	11 August 2004, 05:03:07 UTC
Launch Rocket:	Soyuz-U
Launch Site:	Baikonur, Site 1/5
Disposal Type:	Deorbited
Decay Date:	22 December 2004, 23:23:38 UTC
Orbit Epoch:	11 August 2004
Orbit Reference:	Geocentric
Orbit Regime:	Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:	352 km
Orbit Apoapsis:	363 km
Orbit Inclination:	51.6°
Orbit Period:	91.7 minutes
Apsis:	gee
Docking:	Docking Type: dock Docking Port: Zvezda aft Docking Date: 14 August 2004, 05:01:08 UTC Undocking Date: 22 December 2004, 19:37:02 UTC Time Docked: 131 days
Cargo Mass:	2500 kg
Programme:	Progress ISS Resupply
Previous Mission:	Progress M-49
Next Mission:	Progress M-51

Progress M-50 (ru|Прогресс М-50|italic=yes), identified by NASA as Progress 15P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 350.^[1]

Launch & Docking

Progress M-50 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 05:03:07 UTC on 11 August 2004.^[1] The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 05:01:08 UTC on 14 August 2004.^{[2] [3]}

It remained docked for 131 days before undocking at 19:37:02 UTC on 22 December 2004.^[2] to make way for Progress M-51.^[4] It was deorbited at 22:32:06 UTC on 22 December 2004.^[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 23:23:38 UTC.^{[2] [5]}

Progress M-50 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-50". Alexander. Anikeev. Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. 2009-06-06. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071010060146/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm50.sht. 2007-10-10.
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.