Progress M-53 | |||||||||||
Mission Type: | ISS resupply | ||||||||||
Operator: | Roskosmos | ||||||||||
Cospar Id: | 2005-021A | ||||||||||
Satcat: | 28700 | ||||||||||
Mission Duration: | 83 days | ||||||||||
Spacecraft Type: | Progress-M s/n 353 | ||||||||||
Manufacturer: | RKK Energia | ||||||||||
Launch Date: | 16 June 2005, 23:09:34 UTC | ||||||||||
Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U | ||||||||||
Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | ||||||||||
Disposal Type: | Deorbited | ||||||||||
Decay Date: | 7 September 2005, 14:12:40 UTC | ||||||||||
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric | ||||||||||
Orbit Regime: | Low Earth | ||||||||||
Orbit Periapsis: | 351 km | ||||||||||
Orbit Apoapsis: | 353 km | ||||||||||
Orbit Inclination: | 51.6° | ||||||||||
Orbit Period: | 91.0 minutes | ||||||||||
Apsis: | gee | ||||||||||
Docking: |
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Cargo Mass: | 2500 kg | ||||||||||
Programme: | Progress ISS Resupply | ||||||||||
Previous Mission: | Progress M-52 | ||||||||||
Next Mission: | Progress M-54 |
Progress M-53 (Russian: Прогресс М-53|italic=yes), identified by NASA as Progress 18P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 353.[1]
Progress M-53 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 23:09:34 UTC on 16 June 2005.[1]
The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 00:41:31 UTC on 19 June 2005.[2] [3] The docking was conducted using the backup TORU system, under the control of cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, due to a power failure at one of the spacecraft's ground control stations.[4] It remained docked for 80 days before undocking at 10:25:57 UTC on 7 September 2005[2] to make way for Progress M-54.[4] It was deorbited at 13:26:00 UTC on 7 September 2005.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 14:12:40 UTC.[2] [5]
Progress M-53 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.