Progress MS-14 explained

Progress MS-14
Names List:Progress 75P
Mission Type:ISS resupply
Operator:Roscosmos
Cospar Id:2020-026A
Satcat:45595
Spacecraft:Progress MS-14 s/n 448
Spacecraft Type:Progress-MS
Manufacturer:RKK Energia
Launch Mass:7430 kg
Payload Mass:2528 kg
Launch Date:25 April 2020, 01:51:41 UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-2.1a (s/n Ya15000-038)
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 31/6
Launch Contractor:Progress Rocket Space Centre
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:29 April 2021, 00:42 UTC
Orbit Reference:Geocentric orbit
Orbit Regime:Low Earth orbit
Orbit Inclination:51.66°
Apsis:gee
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Date:25 April 2020, 05:11:56 UTC
Undocking Date:27 April 2021, 23:11:00 UTC
Cargo Mass:2528 kg
Cargo Mass Press:1358 kg (dry cargo)
Cargo Mass Fuel:700 kg
Cargo Mass Water:420 kg
Cargo Mass Gas:50 kg (oxygen)
Insignia Size:200px
Programme:Progress ISS Resupply
Previous Mission:Progress MS-13
Next Mission:Progress MS-15

Progress MS-14, Russian production No.448, identified by NASA as Progress 75P, was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). This was the 166th flight of a Progress spacecraft.

History

The Progress-MS was 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:

Spacecraft

This flight was dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Victory: the Ribbon of Saint George and the orders of the Second World War were put on board the Soyuz. In order to prevent the Progress MS-14 coronavirus from entering the station, it underwent additional disinfection before launch before being sent. First of all, disinfection of the internal surfaces and equipment, as well as the external surfaces of the goods delivered was carried out with the selection of control samples. After refueling the vessel and upgrading the equipment, additional disinfection was carried out to prevent the virus from entering the ISS.

Launch

The Soyuz-2.1a used to launch Progress MS-14, dubbed the "Victory Rocket" was decorated with the number "75" on its payload fairing to mark the 75th anniversary of the meeting of U.S. and Soviet troops on the Elbe River in Germany in the final days of World War II in Europe. The number has a double significance because the cargo mission is the 75th Progress resupply flight to the International Space Station since 2000.

Progress MS-14 was launched at 01:51:41 UTC from Baikonur Site 31/6 on a fast-track trajectory. Following a nominal launch, Progress MS-14 docked with Zvezda on the ISS at 05:11:56 UTC.

Docking

3 hours and 20 minutes after launch, Progress MS-14 successfully docked automatically to the rear port of Zvezda at 05:11:56 UTC on 25 April 2020, where it remained until 27 April 2021.

Cargo

The Progress MS-14 spacecraft delivered 2528 kg of cargo, with 1358 kg of this being dry cargo. The following is a breakdown of cargo bound for the ISS:

Undocking and decay

After its mission was completed, Progress MS-14 undocked from the station on 27 April 2021 filled with disposable trash. It re-entered the Earth's atmosphere for destruction over the South Pacific Ocean at 00:42 UTC, on 29 April 2021.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Завершен полет корабля-рекордсмена "Прогресс МС-14" . The flight of the record-breaking vehicle "Progress MS-14" has been completed . . 29 April 2021 . 30 April 2021 . ru.