| Progress M-63 | |||||||||
| Mission Type: | ISS resupply | ||||||||
| Operator: | Roskosmos | ||||||||
| Cospar Id: | 2008-004A | ||||||||
| Satcat: | 32484 | ||||||||
| Mission Duration: | 62 days | ||||||||
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress-M s/n 363 | ||||||||
| Manufacturer: | RKK Energia | ||||||||
| Launch Date: | 5 February 2008, 13:02 UTC | ||||||||
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U | ||||||||
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | ||||||||
| Disposal Type: | Deorbited | ||||||||
| Decay Date: | 7 April 2008, 12:36 UTC | ||||||||
| Orbit Epoch: | 5 February 2008 | ||||||||
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric | ||||||||
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth | ||||||||
| Orbit Periapsis: | 333 km | ||||||||
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 343 km | ||||||||
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.6° | ||||||||
| Orbit Period: | 91.29 minutes | ||||||||
| Apsis: | gee | ||||||||
| Docking: |
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| Cargo Mass: | 2326 kg | ||||||||
| Cargo Mass Press: | 1326.6 kg (dry cargo) | ||||||||
| Cargo Mass Fuel: | 528.5 kg | ||||||||
| Cargo Mass Gas: | 46 kg (oxygen and air) | ||||||||
| Cargo Mass Water: | 419.5 kg | ||||||||
| Programme: | Progress ISS Resupply | ||||||||
| Previous Mission: | Progress M-62 | ||||||||
| Next Mission: | Progress M-64 | ||||||||
Progress M-63 (Russian: Прогресс М-63|italic=yes), identified by NASA as Progress 28P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 363.
Progress M-63 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 13:02 UTC on 5 February 2008.[1]
The spacecraft docked with the Pirs module at 14:38 UTC on 7 February 2008.[2] Pirs had been vacated by the departure of Progress M-62 which had undocked on 4 February 2008.[3] Progress M-63 successfully docked using the automated Kurs system; cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko was standing by to guide it in using the backup manual TORU system should it have been necessary.[3] Progress M-63 remained docked for 60 days before undocking at 08:49 UTC on 7 April 2008.[4] It was deorbited at 11:50 UTC on 7 April 2008.[4] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 12:36 UTC.[4] [5]
Progress M-63 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. Its cargo consisted of over of propellant, of oxygen and air, approximately of water and of dry cargo. The total mass of its cargo was .[3]