Progress M-57 Explained

Progress M-57
Mission Type:ISS resupply
Operator:Roskosmos
Cospar Id:2006-025A
Satcat:29245
Mission Duration:207 days
Spacecraft Type:Progress-M s/n 357
Manufacturer:RKK Energia
Launch Date:24 June 2006, 15:08:18 UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-U
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 1/5
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:17 January 2007, 03:15:20 UTC
Orbit Epoch:24 June 2006
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:193 km
Orbit Apoapsis:245 km
Orbit Inclination:51.6°
Orbit Period:88.6 minutes
Apsis:gee
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Date:26 June 2006, 16:25 UTC
Undocking Date:16 January 2007, 23:23:52 UTC
Time Docked:204 days
Cargo Mass:3000 kg
Programme:Progress ISS Resupply
Previous Mission:Progress M-56
Next Mission:Progress M-58

Progress M-57 (Russian: Прогресс М-57|italic=yes), identified by NASA as Progress 22P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 357.

Launch

Progress M-57 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 15:08:18 UTC on 24 June 2006.[1]

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the Pirs module at 16:25 UTC on 26 June.[2] [3] It remained docked for 204 days before undocking at 23:23:52 UTC on 16 January 2007[2] to make way for Progress M-59.[4] It was deorbited at 02:29 UTC on 17 January 2007.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 03:15:20 UTC.[2] [5]

Progress M-57 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Launch Log. McDowell. Jonathan. Jonathan McDowell. Jonathan's Space Page. 2009-06-05.
  2. Web site: Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-57". Alexander. Anikeev . Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. 2009-06-05. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080302230443/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm57.sht. 2008-03-02.
  3. Web site: Progress M. Wade. Mark. Encyclopedia Astronautica. 2009-06-05. 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 . 2009-06-05.
  5. Web site: Satellite Catalog. McDowell. Jonathan. Jonathan's Space Page. 2009-06-05.