Progress M1-3 Explained

Progress M1-3
Mission Type:International Space Station resupply
Operator:Roscosmos
Spacecraft Type:Progress-M1 No.251
Manufacturer:Energia
Launch Date:UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-U
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 1/5
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:UTC
Orbit Epoch:6 August 2000
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Inclination:51.6°
Orbit Period:91.8 minutes
Apsis:gee
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Port:Zvezda aft
Docking Date:8 August 2000, 20:12:56UTC
Undocking Date:1 November 2000, 04:04:49UTC
Programme:Progress ISS Resupply
Next Mission:Progress M1-4

Progress M1-3, identified by NASA as Progress 1P, was the first Progress spacecraft to visit the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 251.[1]

Launch

Progress M1-3 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 16:26:42 UTC on 6 August 2000.[1] The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 20:12:56 UTC on 8 August.[2] [3]

Undocking

It remained docked for 75 days before undocking at 04:04:49 UTC on 1 November to make way for Soyuz TM-31.[2] It was deorbited at 07:05:00 UTC on the same day.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 07:53:20 UTC.[2] [4]

Progress M1-3 carried supplies to the International Space Station. It was unloaded during the Space Shuttle missions STS-106 and STS-92, as the ISS did not yet have a permanent crew. The Expedition 1 crew arrived the day after Progress M1-3 departed the Station, using the docking port that it had vacated.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Launch Log. McDowell. Jonathan. Jonathan's Space Page . 2009-06-07.
  2. Web site: Cargo spacecraft "Progress M1-3". Alexander . Anikeev. Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts. 2009-06-07. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071018204308/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr1m3.sht. 2007-10-18.
  3. Web site: Progress M1. https://web.archive.org/web/20020612062830/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proessm1.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.