Progress M-50

Progress M-50 (Russian: Прогресс М-50), identified by NASA as Progress 15P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 350.[1]

Progress M-50
Progress M-50 departing the ISS.
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2004-032A
SATCAT no.28399
Mission duration134 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeProgress-M s/n 350
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date11 August 2004, 05:03:07 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date22 December 2004,
23:23:38 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude352 km
Apogee altitude363 km
Inclination51.6°
Period91.7 minutes
Epoch11 August 2004
Docking with ISS
Docking portZvezda aft
Docking date14 August 2004, 05:01:08 UTC
Undocking date22 December 2004,
19:37:02 UTC
Time docked131 days
Cargo
Mass2500 kg
Progress ISS Resupply
 

Launch & Docking

Progress M-50 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 05:03:07 UTC on 11 August 2004.[1] The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 05:01:08 UTC on 14 August 2004.[2][3]

It remained docked for 131 days before undocking at 19:37:02 UTC on 22 December 2004.[2] to make way for Progress M-51.[4] It was deorbited at 22:32:06 UTC on 22 December 2004.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 23:23:38 UTC.[2][5]

Progress M-50 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.

See also

References
  1. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  2. Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-50"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  3. Wade, Mark. "Progress M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 10 July 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  4. Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  5. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
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