| Progress M1-8 | |||||||||||
| Mission Type: | ISS resupply | ||||||||||
| Operator: | Roskosmos | ||||||||||
| Cospar Id: | 2002-013A | ||||||||||
| Satcat: | 27395 | ||||||||||
| Mission Duration: | 96 days | ||||||||||
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress-M1 s/n 257 | ||||||||||
| Manufacturer: | RKK Energia | ||||||||||
| Launch Date: | 21 March 2002, 20:13:39 UTC | ||||||||||
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U | ||||||||||
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | ||||||||||
| Disposal Type: | Deorbited | ||||||||||
| Decay Date: | 25 June 2002, 12:26:52 UTC | ||||||||||
| Orbit Epoch: | 21 March 2002 | ||||||||||
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric | ||||||||||
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth | ||||||||||
| Orbit Periapsis: | 389 km | ||||||||||
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 394 km | ||||||||||
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.6° | ||||||||||
| Orbit Period: | 92.4 minutes | ||||||||||
| Apsis: | gee | ||||||||||
| Docking: |
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| Cargo Mass: | 2400 kg | ||||||||||
| Programme: | Progress ISS Resupply | ||||||||||
| Previous Mission: | Progress M1-7 | ||||||||||
| Next Mission: | Progress M-46 | ||||||||||
Progress M1-8, identified by NASA as Progress 7P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 257.[1]
Progress M1-8 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 20:13:39 UTC on 21 March 2002.[1]
The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 20:57:56 UTC on 24 March 2002.[2] [3] It remained docked for 93 days before undocking at 08:26:30 UTC on 25 June 2002[2] to make way for Progress M-46.[4] It was deorbited at 11:35:00 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 12:26:52 UTC.[2] [5]
Progress M1-8 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.