Progress M-60 Explained

Progress M-60
Mission Type:ISS resupply
Operator:Roskosmos
Cospar Id:2007-017A
Satcat:31393
Mission Duration:136 days
Spacecraft Type:Progress-M s/n 360
Manufacturer:RKK Energia
Launch Date:12 May 2007, 03:25:36 UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-U
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 1/5
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:25 September 2007, 19:47 UTC
Orbit Epoch:12 May 2007
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Inclination:51.6°
Apsis:gee
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Port:Zvezda aft
Docking Date:15 May 2007, 05:10 UTC
Undocking Date:19 September 2007,
00:36:51 UTC
Time Docked:127 days
Cargo Mass:1400 kg (dry cargo)
Cargo Mass Press:241 kg (fruits and vegetables)
Cargo Mass Fuel:136 kg (medical equipment)
Cargo Mass Gas:45 kg (air)
Cargo Mass Water:419 kg
Programme:Progress ISS Resupply
Previous Mission:Progress M-59
Next Mission:Progress M-61

Progress M-60 (Russian: Прогресс М-60|italic=yes), identified by NASA as Progress 25P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 360.

Launch

Progress M-60 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 03:25:36 UTC on 12 May 2007.[1]

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 05:10 UTC on 15 May.[2] It remained docked for 127 days before undocking at 00:36:51 UTC on 19 September 2007.[3] Following undocking it conducted research as part of the Plazma-Progress programme for a week prior to being deorbited. It was deorbited at 19:01 UTC on 25 September 2007.[3] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 19:47 UTC.[4] [5]

Progress M-60 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: 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.
  3. Web site: Progress cargo ship. Zak. Anatoly. RussianSpaceWeb. 2009-06-05.
  4. Web site: Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-60". Alexander. Anikeev. Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. 2009-06-05. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090304202144/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm60.sht. 2009-03-04.
  5. Web site: Satellite Catalog. McDowell. Jonathan. Jonathan's Space Page. 2009-06-05.