Progress M-55 | |||||||||
Mission Type: | ISS resupply | ||||||||
Operator: | Roskosmos | ||||||||
Cospar Id: | 2005-047A | ||||||||
Satcat: | 28906 | ||||||||
Mission Duration: | 181 days | ||||||||
Spacecraft Type: | Progress-M s/n 355 | ||||||||
Manufacturer: | RKK Energia | ||||||||
Launch Mass: | 5700 kg | ||||||||
Launch Date: | 21 December 2005, 18:38:20 UTC | ||||||||
Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U | ||||||||
Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | ||||||||
Disposal Type: | Deorbited | ||||||||
Decay Date: | 19 June 2006, 17:53:14 UTC | ||||||||
Orbit Epoch: | 21 December 2005 | ||||||||
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric | ||||||||
Orbit Regime: | Low Earth | ||||||||
Orbit Inclination: | 51.6° | ||||||||
Apsis: | gee | ||||||||
Docking: |
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Cargo Mass: | 1400 kg (equipment and spare parts) | ||||||||
Cargo Mass Fuel: | 880 kg | ||||||||
Cargo Mass Gas: | 83 kg | ||||||||
Cargo Mass Water: | 210 kg | ||||||||
Programme: | Progress ISS Resupply | ||||||||
Previous Mission: | Progress M-54 | ||||||||
Next Mission: | Progress M-56 |
Progress M-55 (Russian: Прогресс М-55|italic=yes), identified by NASA as Progress 20P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 355.[1]
Progress M-55 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 18:38:20 UTC on 21 December 2005.[1]
The spacecraft docked with the Pirs module at 19:46:18 UTC on 23 December 2005.[2] [3] It remained docked for almost 179 days before undocking at 14:06:01 UTC on 19 June 2006[2] to make way for Progress M-57.[4] It was deorbited at 17:06:01 UTC on 19 June 2006.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 17:53:14 UTC.[2] [5]
Progress M-55 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.