| Type | Progress-M 11F615A55 |
|---|---|
| Space station | Mir |
| Station crew | EO-6 |
| Contractors | NPO Energia |
| Carrier Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
| Launch site | Baikonur Site 1/5 |
| Launch date | 28 February 1990 23:10:57 GMT |
| Decay Date | 28 April 1990 00:52 GMT |
| COSPAR ID | 1990-020A |
| Free flight time | 2 days |
| Docked time | 56 days |
| Docking | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 Aft |
| Docking date | 3 March 1990 01:04:32 GMT |
| Undocking date | 27 April 1990 20:24:43 GMT |
| Orbit | |
| Regime | LEO |
| Periapsis | 378 kilometres (235 mi)[1] |
| Apoapsis | 400 kilometres (250 mi)[1] |
| Inclination | 51.6° |
| Mass | |
| Total | 7,250 kg (16,000 lb) |
Progress M-3 was a Soviet unmanned cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1990 to resupply the Mir space station.[2] The twentieth of sixty four Progress flights to visit Mir, it was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, and had the serial number 203.[3] It carried supplies including food, water and oxygen for the EO-6 crew aboard Mir, as well as equipment for conducting scientific research, and fuel for adjusting the station's orbit and performing manoeuvres.
Progress M-3 was launched at 23:10:57 GMT on 28 February 1990, atop a Soyuz-U2 carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.[3] It docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module at 01:04:32 GMT on 3 March.[4][5] During the 56 days for which it was docked with Mir, the station was in an orbit of around 378 by 400 kilometres (204 by 220 nmi), with 51.6 degrees of inclination.[1]
Progress M-3 undocked at 20:24:43 GMT on 27 April[4] to make way for Progress 42. It was deorbited at 00:00:00 GMT the next day.[4] It burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 00:52 GMT.[1][4]
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