| Progress M-61 | |||||||||
| Mission Type: | ISS resupply | ||||||||
| Operator: | Roskosmos | ||||||||
| Cospar Id: | 2007-033A | ||||||||
| Satcat: | 32001 | ||||||||
| Mission Duration: | 173 days | ||||||||
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress-M s/n 361 | ||||||||
| Manufacturer: | RKK Energia | ||||||||
| Launch Date: | 2 August 2007, 17:33:47 UTC | ||||||||
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U | ||||||||
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | ||||||||
| Disposal Type: | Deorbited | ||||||||
| Decay Date: | 22 January 2008, 19:51 UTC | ||||||||
| Orbit Epoch: | 2 August 2007 | ||||||||
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric | ||||||||
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth | ||||||||
| Orbit Periapsis: | 336 km | ||||||||
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 347 km | ||||||||
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.6° | ||||||||
| Orbit Period: | 91.4 minutes | ||||||||
| Apsis: | gee | ||||||||
| Docking: |
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| Cargo Mass: | 2300 kg | ||||||||
| Programme: | Progress ISS Resupply | ||||||||
| Previous Mission: | Progress M-60 | ||||||||
| Next Mission: | Progress M-62 | ||||||||
Progress M-61 (ru|Прогресс М-61|italic=yes), identified by NASA as Progress 26P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 361.
Progress M-61 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 17:33:47 UTC on 2 August 2007.[1]
The spacecraft docked with the Pirs module at 18:40 UTC on 5 August 2007.[2] It remained docked for almost 139 days before undocking at 03:59 UTC on 22 December 2007.[3] Following undocking it conducted technological experiments and research as part of the Plazma-Progress programme for a month prior to being deorbited. It was deorbited at 19:06 UTC on 22 January 2008.[3] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 19:51 UTC.[4] [5]
Progress M-61 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.