Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-13M"

Mission Report:

• It is ISS mission 45P, to deliver 2.9 tons of supplies to the International Space Station and docked at the rear longitudinal port of ISS/Zvezda on .
• Two months after a rare Russian launch failure, an unmanned Progress cargo ship loaded with 2.9 tons of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station rocketed smoothly into orbit Sunday, clearing the way for the resumption of manned Soyuz flights next month, just in time for the lab's partners to avoid being forced to temporarily abandoning the complex.
• The Progress M-13M spacecraft took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 6:11 a.m. EDT (GMT-4) on Oct 30, 2011, kicking off the 45th unmanned Russian space station resupply mission.
• Progress M-13M reaching orbit at 1019 UTC to sighs of relief from the ISS project. It successfully docked with the Pirs module on Nov 2, with the result that the crew will have enough supplies to avoid evacuating the Station. This is the first flight of the old 11S510 model of the Soyuz upper stage and RD-0110 engine since the Aug 24 failure of Progress M-12M. Two Soyuz 2-1B launches used the 14S54 third stage with an improved engine. The Progress M-13M flight is ISS mission 45P and spacecraft production serial No. 413. It carries the Chibis-M micro satellite which will be ejected after undocking.
• The Progress was loaded with 1,653 pounds [750 kg] of propellant, 110 pounds [50 kg] of oxygen, 926 pounds [420 kg] of water and 3,108 pounds [1,410 kg] of dry cargo.
• Progress M-13M undocked from the Pirs module on Jan 23, 2012 at 2210 UTC into a 375 x 405 km orbit. It made two burns to reach a 493 x 508 km orbit, and ejected the Chibis-M scientific microsatellite at 2318 UTC on Jan 24. Progress M-13M was then deorbited at 0225 UTC on Jan 25 into a 56 x 514 km orbit. It entered the atmosphere at 0304 UTC, with the debris falling in the South Pacific at 0318 UTC.