| Progress M-51 | |||||||||||
| Mission Type: | ISS resupply | ||||||||||
| Operator: | Roskosmos | ||||||||||
| Cospar Id: | 2004-051A | ||||||||||
| Satcat: | 28503 | ||||||||||
| Mission Duration: | 77 days | ||||||||||
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress-M s/n 351 | ||||||||||
| Manufacturer: | RKK Energia | ||||||||||
| Launch Date: | 23 December 2004, 22:19:34 UTC | ||||||||||
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U | ||||||||||
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | ||||||||||
| Disposal Type: | Deorbited | ||||||||||
| Decay Date: | 9 March 2005, 17:03:11 UTC | ||||||||||
| Orbit Epoch: | 23 December 2004 | ||||||||||
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric | ||||||||||
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth | ||||||||||
| Orbit Periapsis: | 351 km | ||||||||||
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 356 km | ||||||||||
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.6° | ||||||||||
| Orbit Period: | 92.0 minutes | ||||||||||
| Apsis: | gee | ||||||||||
| Docking: |
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| Cargo Mass: | 2500 kg | ||||||||||
| Programme: | Progress ISS Resupply | ||||||||||
| Previous Mission: | Progress M-50 | ||||||||||
| Next Mission: | Progress M-52 | ||||||||||
Progress M-51 (Russian: Прогресс М-51|italic=yes), identified by NASA as Progress 16P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 351.[1]
Progress M-51 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 22:19:34 UTC on 23 December 2004.[1]
The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 23:57:45 UTC on 25 December 2004.[2] [3] It remained docked for 64 days before undocking at 16:06:30 UTC on 27 February 2005.[2] to make way for Progress M-52[4] Between undocking and deorbit, Progress M-51 was used for a series of tests. It was deorbited at 16:17:00 UTC on 9 March 2005.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 17:03:11 UTC.[2] [5]
Progress M-51 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.