Progress DC-1 explained

Progress DC-1
Mission Type:ISS assembly
Operator:Roscosmos
Cospar Id:2001-041A
Satcat:26908
Mission Duration:13 days
Spacecraft Type:Progress-M (modified) s/n 301
Manufacturer:RKK Energia
Launch Mass:6900 kg
Launch Date:14 September 2001,
23:34:55 UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-U
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 1/5
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:27 September 2001, 00:01 UTC
Orbit Epoch:14 September 2001
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:388.2 km
Orbit Apoapsis:393.6 km
Orbit Inclination:51.6°
Orbit Period:92.3 minutes
Apsis:gee
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Port:Zvezda nadir (Pirs)
Docking Date:17 September 2001, 01:05 UTC
Undocking Date:26 September 2001, 15:36 UTC
Time Docked:9 days
Cargo Mass:3580 kg
Payload Items:Pirs
Programme:Progress ISS assembly
Previous Mission:Progress M-45
Next Mission:Progress M1-7

Progress DC-1 (Originally designated Progress SO1) was a modified Progress 11F615A55, Russian production No. 301, used to deliver the Pirs module to the International Space Station.[1] It has the pressurised cargo module removed to accommodate Pirs.[2]

Launch

Progress DC-1 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 23:34:55 UTC on 14 September 2001.[2]

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the nadir port of the Zvezda module at 01:05 UTC on 17 September 2001.[3] It remained docked for nine days

Undocking and Decay

On 26 September 2001 at 15:36 UTC it was jettisoned from Pirs. It was deorbited at 23:30 UTC on the same day, and burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 00:01 UTC on 27 September 2001.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Progress cargo ship. Zak. Anatoly. RussianSpaceWeb. 2009-06-07.
  2. Web site: Launch Log . McDowell. Jonathan. Jonathan McDowell. Jonathan's Space Page. 2009-06-07.
  3. Web site: Progress DC-1. https://web.archive.org/web/20020612063511/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/prossmso.htm . dead . 12 June 2002 . Wade. Mark. Encyclopedia Astronautica. 2009-06-07.
  4. Web site: Satellite Catalog. McDowell. Jonathan. Jonathan's Space Page. 2009-06-07.