![]() Progress M-MIM2 and Poisk as seen by Expedition 21. | |
Mission type | ISS assembly |
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Operator | Roskosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2009-060A |
SATCAT no. | 36086 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M (modified) |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Launch mass | 7,102 kilograms (15,657 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 10 November 2009, 14:22:04[1] | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 8 December 2009, 05:27 | UTC
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 336 kilometres (209 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 344 kilometres (214 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Period | 91.33 minutes |
Epoch | November 18, 2009[2] |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Zvezda zenith (Poisk) |
Docking date | 12 November 2009, 15:41 UTC |
Undocking date | 8 December 2009, 00:16 UTC |
Time docked | 25+1⁄2 days |
Payload | |
Poisk | |
Mass | 3,670 kilograms (8,090 lb) |
Progress ISS assembly |
Progress M-MIM2 (Russian: Прогресс М-МИМ2), or Progress M-MRM2, originally designated Progress M-SO2,[3] was a modified Progress-M 11F615A55, Russian production No. 302, which was used to deliver the Poisk module to the International Space Station.[4] It has the pressurised cargo module removed to accommodate Poisk.[3] It was similar to the Progress M-SO1 spacecraft which was used to deliver the Pirs module to the station in 2001.
Launch
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Progress M-MIM2 and Poisk were launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch occurred at 14:22 GMT on 10 November 2009.[4] At launch, Progress M-MIM2 had a total mass of 7,102 kilograms (15,657 lb), including the 3,670-kilogram (8,090 lb) Poisk module.[3][5]
Docking
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The spacecraft docked with the zenith port of the International Space Station's Zvezda module on 12 November. Capture occurred at 15:41 GMT,[6] and initial docking was completed successfully at 15:44.[7]
Undocking and Decay
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At 00:16 GMT on 8 December, Progress M-MIM2 was undocked from Poisk, and at 04:48 GMT its engines ignited to begin a 38-second deorbit burn. It reentered the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean at 05:27, and had broken up by 05:32.[8]
See also
References
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ^ a b c McDowell, Jonathan. "Issue 618". Jonathan's Space Report. Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ a b "Russia Launches Scientific Module To ISS". Space-Travel.com. 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ Bergin, Chris (2009-11-10). "Russian module launches via Soyuz for Thursday ISS docking". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ Clark, Stephen (2009-11-12). "Poisk module adds room to International Space Station". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ "ISS On-Orbit Status". NASA. 2009-11-12. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
- ^ "ISS On-Orbit Status". NASA. 2009-12-08. Retrieved 2009-12-20.