Progress M-09M

Progress M-09M

Progress M-09M approaches the ISS on January 29, 2011
Type Progress-M 11F615A60
Organisation Roskosmos
Space station ISS
Station crew Expedition 26/27
Contractors RKK Energia
Carrier Rocket Soyuz-U
Launch site Baikonur Site 1/5
Launch date 28 January 2011
01:31:39 UTC
COSPAR ID 2011-004A
Docked time 82 Days, 9 Hours, 59 Minutes
Docking
Docking port Pirs Nadir
Docking date 30 January 2011
02:39 UTC
Undocking date 22 April 2011
12:38 UTC
Orbit
Regime Low Earth
Inclination 51.6°
Mass
Cargo 2,666 kg (5,880 lb)
Dry cargo 1,444 kg (3,180 lb)
Fuel 752 kg (1,660 lb)
Gaseous cargo 50 kg (110 lb)
Water 420 kg (930 lb)

Progress M-09M (Russian: Прогресс М-09М), identified by NASA as Progress 41 or 41P, is a Progress spacecraft which was launched in 2011 to resupply the International Space Station. It was the ninth Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched, and has the serial number 409. The spacecraft was manufactured by RKK Energia, and is operated by the Russian Federal Space Agency. It arrived at the space station during Expedition 26, and undocked during Expedition 27.

Contents

Launch and docking

Progress M-09M was launched from Pad 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome,[1] on 28 January 2011 at 01:31:39 UTC.[2] The launch used a Soyuz-U carrier rocket, which placed the Progress spacecraft into a low Earth orbit with a perigee of 193.5 kilometres (120.2 mi) and an apogee of 254.6 kilometres (158.2 mi), inclined at 51.65 degrees. The Progress spacecraft subsequently raised its orbit, and manoeuvred to rendezvous with the space station. It arrived at the ISS on 30 January 2011, successfully docking to the nadir port of the Pirs at 02:39 UTC.[3][4]

Cargo

Progress M-09M is carrying 2,666 kilograms (5,880 lb) of cargo to the space station, consisting of 1,444 kilograms (3,180 lb) of dry cargo, 752 kilograms (1,660 lb) of propellant, 50 kilograms (110 lb) of oxygen and 420 kilograms (930 lb) of water. Of the fuel aboard the spacecraft, 250 kilograms (550 lb) are reserved for orbital manoeuvres whilst docked, such as raising or lowering the station's orbit, whilst the remaining 502 kilograms (1,110 lb) will be used for refuelling the station itself.[1]

The dry cargo aboard Progress M-09M includes parts for the oxygen and water supply systems and the thermal control system, as well as equipment for hardware control and the station's electrical and telemetry systems. Also aboard the spacecraft is 147 kilograms (320 lb) of equipment for conducting scientific research aboard the station.[1] For the crew, food, medical and hygiene equipment will also be delivered, as well as documentation and personal items including books by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and a birthday present for station commander Scott Kelly.[5]

The Kedr miniaturised satellite was be delivered to the ISS aboard Progress M-09M. It is an amateur radio satellite which will be deployed from the station during an EVA on 16 February. The satellite will be operated by RSC Energia,[5] and is part of the RadioSkaf programme. It is intended to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Vostok 1 mission.[6]

Inventory

Total cargo mass delivered: 2666 kg.

Item description [7] Mass (kg)
Propellant in the propulsion system tanks for the ISS needs 250
Propellant in the refuelling system tanks 502
Oxygen 50
Water in the Rodnik system tanks 420
Items in the cargo compartment 1444
Gas supply system 7
Water supply system 106
Thermal control system 9
On-board hardware control system 4
Electrical power supply system 77
Telemetry data system (BITS2-12) 1
Maintenance and repair equipment 4
Sanitary and hygienic items 71
Food containers, fresh products 222
Medical equipment, linen, personal hygienic and prophylactics items 106
Russian crew’s hardware 138
Science experimental hardware, including hardware for Photon-Gamma, Typology, SVCh-radiometria, Biodegradation, Kedr satellite, experimental items 147
On-board documentation files, crew provisions, video- and photo-equipment 23
MRM-1 hardware 16
Soyuz TMA-M hardware 2
SM-hardware 2
MRM-2- hardware 5
FGB-hardware 140
US Orbital Segment hardware 371

Undocking and deorbit

Progress M-09M was undocked from the Pirs module at 11:41 UTC on 22 April 2011.[8] After departing the space station, the spacecraft was used for Radar-Progress scientific experiment to investigate a reflection feature of the plasma generated by operations of the Progress propulsion.[9] Upon the completion of this experiment the spacecraft was deorbited, and reentered over the "spacecraft cemetery" in the South Pacific ocean. The deorbit manoeuvre was performed on 26 April 2011, with debris falling into the ocean at 13:23 UTC.[10][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Рrogress M-09M Cargo Supplies". Russian Federal Space Agency. 29 January 2011. http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=11275&lang=en. Retrieved 29 January 2011. 
  2. ^ "ISS On-Orbit Status". NASA. 28 January 2011. http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/reports/iss_reports/2011/01282011.html. Retrieved 29 January 2011. 
  3. ^ "ISS On-Orbit Status". NASA. 30 January 2011. http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/reports/iss_reports/2011/01302011.html. Retrieved 10 February 2011. 
  4. ^ Ray, Justin (27 January 2011). "Russia launches another cargo ship to space station". Spaceflight Now. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp26/110127prog41p/. Retrieved 29 January 2011. 
  5. ^ a b Harding, Pete (27 January 2011). "Progress M-09M launches to stowage-laden ISS". NASASpaceflight.com. http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/01/progress-m-09m-launch-stowage-laden-iss/. Retrieved 29 January 2011. 
  6. ^ "Kedr Smallsat Launched on Progress for Deployment by a Cosmonaut During EVA". SpaceRef. 28 January 2011. http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=35923. Retrieved 29 January 2011. 
  7. ^ Russian Federal Space Agency (2011-01-29). "Progress M-09M Cargo Supplies". http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=11275. Retrieved 2011-02-04. 
  8. ^ NASA (23 April 2011). "NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 22 April 2011". SpaceRef. http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=36812. Retrieved 27 April 2011. 
  9. ^ "Progress M-09M Departed from the ISS". Russian Federal Space Agency. April 22, 2011. http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=11704. Retrieved April 27, 2011. 
  10. ^ RIA Novosti, "Russia's Progress M-09M Spacecraft To Be Sunk In Pacific", 26 April 2011.
  11. ^ "Progress M-09M was Sunk in the Pacific". Russian Federal Space Agency. April 26, 2011. http://www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=11728. Retrieved April 27, 2011.