Progress M1-3

Progress M1-3

Progress M1-3 docked with the ISS, seen from STS-106
Type Progress-M1 11F615A55
Organisation Roskosmos
Space station ISS
Station crew None
(STS-106, STS-92)
Contractors RSC Energia
Carrier Rocket Soyuz-U
Launch site Baikonur Site 1/5
Launch date 6 August 2000
16:26:42 GMT
Decay Date 1 November 2000
07:53:20 GMT
COSPAR ID 2000-044A
Free flight time 2 days
Docked time 3 months
Docking
Docking port Zvezda Aft
Docking date 8 August 2000
20:12:56 GMT
Undocking date 1 November 2000
04:04:49 GMT
Orbit
Regime LEO
Inclination 51.6°

Progress M1-3, identified by NASA as Progress 1 or 1P, was the first Progress spacecraft to visit the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 251.[1]

Progress M1-3 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 16:26:42 GMT on 6 August 2000.[1] The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 20:12:56 GMT on 8 August.[2][3] It remained docked for three months before undocking at 04:04:49 GMT on 1 November to make way for Soyuz TM-31.[2] It was deorbited at 07:05:00 GMT on 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 07:53:20 GMT.[2][4]

Progress M1-3 carried supplies to the International Space Station. It was unloaded during the Space Shuttle missions STS-106 and STS-92, as the ISS did not yet have a permanent crew. The Expedition 1 crew arrived the day after Progress M1-3 departed the Station, using the docking port that it had vacated.

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References

  1. ^ a b McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt. Retrieved 2009-06-07. 
  2. ^ a b c d Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M1-3"". Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts. http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr1m3.sht. Retrieved 2009-06-07. 
  3. ^ Wade, Mark. "Progress M1". Encyclopedia Astronautica. http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proessm1.html. Retrieved 2009-06-07. 
  4. ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. http://www.planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt. Retrieved 2009-06-07.