Cargo spacecraft "Progress-M 66"

Russia

Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation	33593 / 09006A
Launch date - time	10 Feb 2009 - 05:49:46 UT
Launch site	Baikonur, LC-31/6
Launch vehicle	Soyuz-U
OKB name - S/Nº	nº 366
Mass (kg)	7250? kg
Total cargo mass (kg)
Initial Earth orbit on Feb 12.54:
- Perigee / Apogee	246 x 282 km
- Inclination	51.64°
- Period	89.79 min

Docking date - time	13 Feb 2009 - 07:19:00 UT
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Pirs DC-1 rear port
Docking orbit on Feb 13.75:
- Perigee / Apogee	350 x 362 km
- Inclination	51.64°
- Period	91.67 min
Undocking date - time	06 May 2009 - 15:18 UT
Deorbit burn date - time	18 May 2009 - 14:28:30 UT
Destroyed date - time	18 May 2009 - 15:14:45 UT UT
Flight Duration (dd:hh:min)
Nbr orbits

Mission Report:

Unmanned cargo freighter, launched to the International Space Station (mission ISS-32P). Spacecraft manufactured by TsSKB Progress. It is a cylinder with two vanes of solar panels + beehive + spheroid, maximum diameter 2.72 metres, length 7.9 metres (including the docking probe). Docked at the ISS/Pirs rear port Feb 13 at 07:19.
Progress M-66 undocked from the station on May 6, 2009 at 15:18 UTC.

Astrophilately covers:

Progress M66 cover

Launch cancel Baikonur, Sergey Chizhov cancel.

Ref.: #7(JR611), #14, #210, #225(09.02), #401 - update: 04.11.17