Progress M-53
![]() Progress M-53 approaching the ISS. | |
Mission type | ISS resupply |
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Operator | Roskosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2005-021A |
SATCAT no. | 28700 |
Mission duration | 83 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M s/n 353 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 16 June 2005, 23:09:34 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 7 September 2005, 14:12:40 UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 351 km |
Apogee altitude | 353 km |
Inclination | 51.6° |
Period | 91.0 minutes |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Zvezda aft |
Docking date | 19 June 2005, 00:41:31 UTC |
Undocking date | 7 September 2005, 10:25:57 UTC |
Time docked | 80 days |
Cargo | |
Mass | 2500 kg |
Progress ISS Resupply |
Progress M-53 (Russian: Прогресс М-53), identified by NASA as Progress 18P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 353.[1]
Launch[]
Progress M-53 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 23:09:34 UTC on 16 June 2005.[1]
Docking[]
The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 00:41:31 UTC on 19 June 2005.[2][3] The docking was conducted using the backup TORU system, under the control of cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, due to a power failure at one of the spacecraft's ground control stations.[4] It remained docked for 80 days before undocking at 10:25:57 UTC on 7 September 2005[2] to make way for Progress M-54.[4] It was deorbited at 13:26:00 UTC on 7 September 2005.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 14:12:40 UTC.[2][5]
Progress M-53 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.
See also[]
- List of Progress flights
- Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station
References[]
- ^ a b McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
- ^ a b c d Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-53"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
- ^ Wade, Mark. "Progress M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
- ^ a b Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
- Spacecraft launched in 2005
- Progress (spacecraft) missions
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- Supply vehicles for the International Space Station
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