Progress M-48
Progress M-48 approaching the ISS | |
Mission type | ISS resupply |
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Operator | Roskosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2003-039A |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M 11F615A55 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 29 August 2003, 01:47:59 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 28 January 2004, 13:57:12 UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Zvezda Aft |
Docking date | 31 August 2003, 03:40:45 UTC |
Undocking date | 28 January 2004, 08:35:56 UTC |
Time docked | 5 months |
Progress M-48, identified by NASA as Progress 12 or 12P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 248.[1]
Progress M-48 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 01:47:59 GMT on 29 August 2003.[1] The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 03:40:45 GMT on 31 August.[2][3] It remained docked for five months before undocking at 08:35:56 GMT on 28 January 2004[2] to make way for Progress M1-11.[4] It was deorbited at 13:11 GMT on the same day.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 13:57:12 GMT.[2][5]
Progress M-48 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.
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References
- 1 2 McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- 1 2 3 4 Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-48"". Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ↑ Wade, Mark. "Progress M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ↑ Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
- ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-06-06.