Progress M-56

Progress M-56

Progress M-56 approaching the ISS
Type Progress-M 11F615A55
Organisation Roskosmos
Space station ISS
Station crew Expedition 13
Contractors RSC Energia
Carrier Rocket Soyuz-U
Launch site Baikonur Site 1/5
Launch date 24 April 2006
16:03:25 GMT
Decay Date 19 September 2006
04:14:40 GMT
COSPAR ID 2006-013A
Free flight time 2 days
Docked time 5 months
Docking
Docking port Zvezda Aft
Docking date 26 April 2006
17:41:31 GMT
Undocking date 19 September 2006
00:28:17 GMT
Orbit
Regime LEO
Inclination 51.6°

Progress M-56, identified by NASA as Progress 21 or 21P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 356.[1]

Progress M-56 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 16:03:25 GMT on 24 April 2006.[1] The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 17:41:31 GMT on 26 April.[2][3] It remained docked for five months before undocking at 00:28:17 GMT on 19 September 2006[2] to make way for Soyuz TMA-9.[4] It was deorbited at 03:28 GMT on 19 September 2006.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 04:14:40 GMT.[2][5]

Progress M-56 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. ^ a b McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt. Retrieved 2009-06-05. 
  2. ^ a b c d Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-56"". Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts. http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm56.sht. Retrieved 2009-06-05. 
  3. ^ Wade, Mark. "Progress M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proressm.html. Retrieved 2009-06-05. 
  4. ^ Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress.html. Retrieved 2009-06-05. 
  5. ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. http://www.planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt. Retrieved 2009-06-05.