Cargo spacecraft "Progress M1-6"

Russia

Flight: ISS-4P

Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation	26773 / 01021A
Launch date - time	20 May 2001 - 22:32:40 UT
Launch site	Baikonur, LC1/5
Launch vehicle	Soyuz-FG (n° F15000-001?)
OKB name - S/N°	Progress M1 (n° 255)
Mass (kg)	7200?
Total cargo mass (kg)
Earth orbit on :
- Perigee / Apogee	193 x 240 km
- Inclination	51.6°
- Period	88.5 min

Docking date - time	23 May 2001 - 00:23:57UT
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Zvezda axial (aft) port
Docking orbit:
- Perigee / Apogee	375 x 399 km
- Inclination	51.57°
- Period	92.29 min
Undocking date - time	22 Aug 2001 - 06:01 UT
Deorbit burn date - time	22 Aug 2001 - 09:00 UT
Destruction date - time	22 Aug 2001 - 09:50 UT (burned up in atmosphere)
Flight Duration (dd:hh:min)	93d 10h
Nbr orbits

Mission summary:

Cargo supplies delivery. The logistics vehicle delivered 1.3 tons of "dry" cargoes and 1.2 tons of propellant, including 0.96 ton of the propellant for refuelling the Zvezda Module's United Propulsion System. The "dry" cargoes contain scientific equipment, 172 kg; the cargoes for personal use by the second Prime Crew (ISS-2) members, 419 kg; food products and medical supplies, 261 kg; flight documentation and parcels for crew, 19 kg; oxygen, equipment and apparatus for outfitting of the onboard systems, cargoes for the gas composition system, water supply system, thermal control system.

Note: Progress M1-5 was sent to the Mir space station to assist in deorbiting it.

Mission details:

Progress spacecraft 255 was launched on May 20 at 2233 UTC aboard the first Soyuz-FG rocket - a modified Soyuz-U with 5 percent improved performance from new fuel injection systems in the core and strap-on engines. It carries food and equipment including spare computer equipment for Destiny. Progress M1-6 docked with Zvezda's aft (-Y) port at 0024 UTC on May 23.
The Progress M1-6 tanker was undocked from the aft Zvezda port at 0601 UTC on Aug 22, 2001 and deorbited sometime around 0900 UTC the same day.

Ref.: #7(JR453,460), #21, #210 - update: 05.01.12

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