Cargo spacecraft "Progress-M 53"

Docking date - time	19 Jun 2005 - 00:41:31 UT
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Zvezda-rear longitudinal port
Docking orbit:
- Perigee / Apogee	350 x 351 km
- Inclination	°
- Period	min
Undocking date - time	07 Sep 2005 - 10:25:57 UT
Deorbit burn date - time	07 Sep 2005 - 13:26:00 UT
Destroyed date - time	07 Sep 2005 - 14:12:40 UT
Flight Duration (dd:hh:min)	82d 14h
Nbr orbits

18th cargo to ISS.
Progress M-53 (spacecraft 353 - ISS mission 18P) was launched from Baikonur at 23:10 UTC on Jun 16, 2005 reaching a 187 x 238 km orbit at 2318 UTC. Progress M-53 will delivering supplies to the Station, and docked to the Zvezda module at 00:42 UTC on Jun 19. Commander Krikalyov took manual remote control following a communications failure and used the TORU system to guide the vehicle in. The Soyuz TMA-6 transport ship is docked to the Pirs module, and the Zarya port is unoccupied.
Progress M-53 undocked from the Zvezda module at 10:26 UTC on Sep 7 into a 350 x 351 km orbit; it fired its deorbit engine at 13:26 UTC to lower perigee to 56 km, leading to re-entry over the Pacific half an orbit later.

Ref.: #3(SD396), #7(JR549,554), #14, #21, #210 - update: 12.06.07