Progress M-55

Progress M-55

Progress M-55 departing the ISS
Type Progress-M 11F615A55
Organisation Roskosmos
Space station ISS
Station crew Expedition 12
Expedition 13
Contractors RSC Energia
Carrier Rocket Soyuz-U
Launch site Baikonur Site 1/5
Launch date 21 December 2005
18:38:20 GMT
Decay Date 19 June 2006
17:53:14 GMT
COSPAR ID 2005-047A
Free flight time 2 days
Docked time 6 months
Docking
Docking port Pirs
Docking date 23 December 2005
19:46:18 GMT
Undocking date 19 June 2006
14:06:01 GMT
Orbit
Regime LEO
Inclination 51.6°

Progress M-55, identified by NASA as Progress 20 or 20P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 355.[1]

Progress M-55 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 18:38:20 GMT on 21 December 2005.[1] The spacecraft docked with the Pirs module at 19:46:18 GMT on 23 December.[2][3] It remained docked for almost six months before undocking at 14:06:01 GMT on 19 June 2006[2] to make way for Progress M-57.[4] It was deorbited at 17:06:01 GMT on 19 June 2006.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 17:53:14 GMT.[2][5]

Progress M-55 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.

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References

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  2. ^ a b c d Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-55"". Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts. http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm55.sht. Retrieved 2009-06-06. 
  3. ^ Wade, Mark. "Progress M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proressm.html. Retrieved 2009-06-06. 
  4. ^ Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress.html. Retrieved 2009-06-06. 
  5. ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. http://www.planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt. Retrieved 2009-06-06.