Progress MS-01
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| Mission type | ISS resupply | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Roscosmos | ||||
| COSPAR ID | 2015-080A | ||||
| SATCAT № | 41177 | ||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||
| Spacecraft type | Progress-MS No.431[1] | ||||
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia | ||||
| Start of mission | |||||
| Launch date | 21 December 2015, 08:44:39 UTC[2][3] | ||||
| Rocket | Soyuz 2.1a [4] | ||||
| Launch site | Baikonur 31/6 | ||||
| End of mission | |||||
| Disposal | Deorbited | ||||
| Decay date | July 3, 2016 at 7:03 UTC | ||||
| Docking with ISS | |||||
| Docking port | Pirs nadir | ||||
| Docking date | 23 December 2015, 10:27 UTC[5] | ||||
| Undocking date | 2 July 2016, 23:48 UTC[6] | ||||
| Time docked | 192 days | ||||
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Progress MS-01 (Russian: Прогресс МС or Прогресс МС-01), identified by NASA as Progress 62 or 62P is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2015. It was launched on December 21, 2015, to deliver cargo to the ISS. Progress MS-1 is the first vehicle in the Progress-MS series.[7]
Launch
The launch was initially scheduled for 21 November 2015.[8] Progress MS-1 was launched on 21 December 2015 at 08:44:39 UTC[3] from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Docking
Progress MS-1 docked with the Pirs docking compartment on 23 December 2015 at 10:27 UTC.[5]
Technology
The Progress MS spacecraft has upgraded communications and electronics from previous Progress vehicles. After launch, ground controllers were able to communicate the Progress MS via a Russian Luch data relay satellite in geosynchronous orbit. This was described as the first time a Progress or Soyuz spacecraft had such capability.[9]
Other upgrades include:
- Upgraded Kurs-A rendezvous system designated Kurs-NA, including new antennas
- Upgraded flight control system that can take advantage of the GLONASS navigation satellites for the first time, for autonomous trajectory measurements
- New digital television system, which replaced an older analog TV, allowing transmission between the transport ship and the space station via onboard radio channels.
- New digital backup control unit
- Enhanced meteoroid shielding
- New LED-based lighting system
- Upgraded angular velocity sensors
- Docking port equipped with a backup electric driving mechanism
Progress MS-1 was launched on a Soyuz-2, the first launch of the rocket since the failed launch of Progress M-27M. The Soyuz-U rocket was used for subsequent Progress flights until this flight.[10]
Reentry
The upper stage reentry was visible over Arizona and Nevada on December 22 at 5:30 UTC.
The spacecraft initiated the de-orbit maneuver on July 3, 2016 at 7:03 UTC, with an expected landing of any possible debris on the Pacific Ocean by 7:50. UTC
References
- ↑ "Progress-MS 1 - 8". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ "International Space Station Calendar". spaceflight101.com. 2015-10-04. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- 1 2 "Launches and Orbital Operations". Zarya. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ↑ "Progress-MS 1 - 8". space.skyrocket.de. 2015-10-04. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- 1 2 Rincon, Paul (23 December 2015). "ISS crew receives Christmas delivery". BBC News. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ Zak, Anatoly (July 3, 2016). "First Progress-MS ends its mission". www.russianspaceweb.com. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ↑ "Progress-MS to be Launched on December 21". russianspacenews.com. 2015-10-04. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ↑ Nowakowski, Tomasz (29 October 2015). "Russia postpones maiden flight of its Progress-MS spacecraft". Spaceflight Insider. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ↑ Zak, Anatoly (23 December 2015). "Soyuz rocket flies critical test mission with Progress-MS". russianspaceweb.com. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ Zak, Anatoly (23 December 2015). "Soyuz rocket flies critical test mission with Progress-MS". russianspaceweb.com. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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