| Progress MS-07 | |||||||||
| Names List: | Progress 68P | ||||||||
| Mission Type: | ISS resupply | ||||||||
| Operator: | Roscosmos | ||||||||
| Mission Duration: | 194 days | ||||||||
| Spacecraft: | Progress MS-07 s/n 437 | ||||||||
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress-MS | ||||||||
| Manufacturer: | Energia | ||||||||
| Launch Mass: | 7428 kg | ||||||||
| Payload Mass: | 2549 kg | ||||||||
| Launch Date: | 14 October 2017, 08:46:53 UTC | ||||||||
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-2.1a (s/n U15000-029) | ||||||||
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 31/6 | ||||||||
| Launch Contractor: | RKTs Progress | ||||||||
| Disposal Type: | Deorbited | ||||||||
| Decay Date: | 26 April 2018 | ||||||||
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric orbit | ||||||||
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth orbit | ||||||||
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.67° | ||||||||
| Apsis: | gee | ||||||||
| Docking: |
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| Cargo Mass: | 2549 kg | ||||||||
| Cargo Mass Press: | 1382 kg | ||||||||
| Cargo Mass Fuel: | 700 kg | ||||||||
| Cargo Mass Gas: | 47 kg | ||||||||
| Cargo Mass Water: | 420 kg | ||||||||
| Programme: | Progress flights | ||||||||
| Previous Mission: | Progress MS-06 | ||||||||
| Next Mission: | Progress MS-08 | ||||||||
Progress MS-07, identified by NASA as Progress 68P, was a Progress spaceflight, operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).
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 has the following improvements:
After a two-day delay, the Progress MS-07 lifted off on 14 October 2017, at 08:46:53 UTC. The spacecraft docked at the station on 16 October 2017, at 11:04:07 UTC. Progress MS-07 was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket.
Progress MS-07 was docked with the aft docking port of the Pirs module. This Progress flight was intended to mark the debut of the new two-orbit rendezvous profile which was not possible when the original launch date had to be scrubbed.
The Progress MS-07 spacecraft delivered 2,549 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:
Once the Progress arrived at the station, Expedition 53 commander Randolph Bresnik and flight engineer Joseph M. Acaba prepared for a spacewalk, on 20 October 2017, to accomplish a variety of maintenance tasks outside the complex. This included the replacement of a fuse on the station's Canadian-built Dextre robot, replacing an external camera and light fixture, and removing thermal insulation from two spare units to prepare them for future relocation.
Progress MS-07 undocked from the Pirs on 28 March 2018, at 13:50:30 UTC. The vehicle continued with experiments until 26 April 2018.