Progress M-52 Explained

Progress M-52
Mission Type:ISS resupply
Operator:Roskosmos
Cospar Id:2005-007A
Satcat:28624
Mission Duration:108 days
Spacecraft Type:Progress-M s/n 352
Manufacturer:RKK Energia
Launch Date:28 February 2005, 19:09:18 UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-U
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 1/5
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:16 June 2005, 00:02:41 UTC
Orbit Epoch:28 February 2005
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:193 km
Orbit Apoapsis:245 km
Orbit Inclination:51.7°
Orbit Period:88.6 minutes
Apsis:gee
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Port:Zvezda aft
Docking Date:2 March 2005, 20:10:08 UTC
Undocking Date:15 June 2005, 20:16:10 UTC
Time Docked:105 days
Cargo Mass:2500 kg
Programme:Progress ISS Resupply
Previous Mission:Progress M-51
Next Mission:Progress M-53

Progress M-52 (Russian: Прогресс М-52|italic=yes), identified by NASA as Progress 17P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 352.[1]

Launch

Progress M-52 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 19:09:18 UTC on 28 February 2005.[1]

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the port of the Zvezda aft module at 20:10:08 UTC on 2 March 2005.[2] [3] It remained docked for 105 days before undocking at 20:16:10 UTC on 15 June 2005[2] to make way for Progress M-53.[4] It was deorbited at 23:16:00 UTC on 15 June 2005.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 00:02:41 UTC on 16 June 2005.[2] [5]

Progress M-52 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. It also carried the TNS-0 (2005-007C) nanosatellite, which was deployed from the ISS on 28 February 2005 at 19:09:18 UTC.

See also

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-52". Alexander . Anikeev. Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. 2009-06-06. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071010060439/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm52.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.