| Type | Progress-M 11F615A55 |
|---|---|
| Organisation | Roskosmos |
| Space station | ISS |
| Station crew | Expedition 4 |
| Contractors | RSC Energia |
| Carrier Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur Site 1/5 |
| Launch date | 26 February 2001 08:09:35 GMT |
| Decay Date | 16 April 2001 14:11 GMT |
| COSPAR ID | 2001-008A |
| Free flight time | 2 days |
| Docked time | 1½ months |
| Docking | |
| Docking port | Zvezda Aft |
| Docking date | 28 February 2001 09:49:47 GMT |
| Undocking date | 16 April 2001 08:48 GMT |
| Orbit | |
| Regime | LEO |
| Inclination | 51.6° |
Progress M-44, identified by NASA as Progress 3 or 3P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 244.[1]
Progress M-44 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 08:09:35 GMT on 26 February 2001.[1] The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 09:49:47 GMT on 28 February.[2][3] It remained docked for one and a half months before undocking at 08:48 GMT on 16 April.[2] It was deorbited at 13:23 GMT the same day.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 14:11 GMT.[2][4]
Progress M-44 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. It was the first Progress-M spacecraft to visit the ISS, previous resupply missions having used the Progress-M1.
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