Cargo spacecraft "Progress-M 20M"

Description:

• PROGRESS M-20M delivered nearly three tons of supplies to the station. The 'dry' cargo tucked aboard the Progress amounts to 3,395 pounds (1,540 kg) in the form of food, spare parts, life support gear and experiment hardware. Items for troubleshooting the spacewalking spacesuit that sprung a mysterious water leak during the recent EVA was shipped from Houston to Baikonur for this launch. The refueling module carries 1,212 pounds [550 kg] of propellant for transfer into the Russian segment of the complex to feed the station's maneuvering thrusters. The vessel also has 926 pounds [420 kg] of water and 104 pounds (47 kg) of oxygen and air.

Mission Report:

• It is ISS mission 52P, the 52nd Progress cargo delivery ship, to deliver supplies to the International Space Station and docked at the rear longitudinal port of ISS/Zvezda on .
  
• Launch delayed from July 24.
• Progress M-20M was launched from Baykonur on Jul 27, 2013 at 2045 UTC into a 189 x 218 km x 51.6 deg orbit and carried out a series of maneuvers to reach the ISS orbit of 413 x 419 km and dock with the Pirs module 5hr 41min after launch.
• Undocked from Pirs Module on Feb 3, 2014. Will be followed by de-orbit over southern Pacific Ocean on February 11, before which it will be used to test a new solar orientation system with the vehicle rotating around its central axis. Similar experiments were performed by Progress M-14M, Progress M-15M and Progress M-17M.
• Progress M-20M was deorbited on Feb 11, 2014 with impact in the South Pacifc at 1555 UTC.