Progress MS-06 explained

Progress MS-06
Names List:Progress 67P
Mission Type:ISS resupply
Operator:Roscosmos
Cospar Id:2017-033A
Satcat:42756
Mission Duration:197 days
Spacecraft:Progress MS-06 s/n 436
Spacecraft Type:Progress-MS
Manufacturer:RKK Energia
Launch Mass:7290 kg
Payload Mass:2450 kg
Launch Date:14 June 2017, 09:20:13 UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-2.1a s/n U15000-028
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 31/6
Launch Contractor:Progress Rocket Space Centre
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:28 December 2017
Orbit Reference:Geocentric orbit
Orbit Regime:Low Earth orbit
Orbit Inclination:51.67°
Apsis:gee
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Port:Zvezda
Docking Date:16 June 2017, 11:37 UTC
Undocking Date:28 December 2017,
01:03:30 UTC
Time Docked:197 days
Cargo Mass:2450 kg
Cargo Mass Press:1285 kg
Cargo Mass Fuel:705 kg
Cargo Mass Gas:50 kg
Cargo Mass Water:420 kg
Insignia Size:200px
Programme:Progress ISS Resupply
Previous Mission:Progress MS-05
Next Mission:Progress MS-07

Progress MS-06, identified by NASA as Progress 67P, was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). It was launched on 14 June 2017.

History

The Progress-MS is an uncrewed freighter based on the Progress-M featuring improved avionics. This improved variant first launched on 21 December 2015. It had the following improvements:

Launch

Progress MS-06 launched on 14 June 2017 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, at 09:20:13 UTC. It used a Soyuz-2.1a rocket to get to orbit, replacing the former Soyuz-U launch system.

Docking

Progress MS-06 docked with the Zvezda. It was planned to dock with the Pirs module which it would remove from the space station, in preparation for the arrival of the Nauka module. However, due to the repetitive delays with the Nauka module the plan was postponed to Progress MS-09. After a two-day rendezvous, Progress MS-06 docked to the station on 16 June 2017 at 11:37 UTC.

Cargo

The Progress MS-06 spacecraft delivered 2,450 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station for the six-person crew. The following is a breakdown of cargo bound for the ISS:

Orbit

On 27 August 2017, Progress MS-06's engines were used for a 177-second burn to raise the ISS by around 0.97 km (average orbital altitude).

Undocking and decay

Progress MS-06 undocked on 28 December 2017 and re-entered the atmosphere at 04:43 UTC. Its debris entered the Pacific Ocean at 04:51:34 UTC.

Launch fire

The strap-on boosters ignited dry grass on impact 600 kilometers downrange from the Baikonur Cosmodrome causing a fire 15 km across. NPO Mashinostroyeniya employed workers to clear debris. One worker was killed and another hospitalized by the fires.[1] [2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kazakh man dies in fire after Russian rocket launch. 2020-10-11. yahoo.com. 12 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201012005331/https://www.yahoo.com/news/kazakh-man-dies-fire-following-russian-rocket-launch-065917904.html. dead.
  2. News: 2017-06-15. Russian space launch death stirs Kazakh resentment. BBC News. 2020-10-11.
  3. Web site: Progress MS-06 Cargo Ship completes flawless Rendezvous and Docking with fresh Supplies for ISS – Progress MS-06 Spaceflight101. 2020-10-11.