Progress M-61
![]() Progress M-61 approaching the ISS | |
Mission type | ISS resupply |
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Operator | Roskosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2007-033A |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M 11F615A55 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 2 August 2007, 17:33:47 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 22 January 2008, 19:51 UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Pirs |
Docking date | 5 August 2007, 18:40 UTC |
Undocking date | 22 December 2007, 03:59 UTC |
Time docked | 5 months |
Progress M-61, identified by NASA as Progress 26 or 26P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 361.
Progress M-61 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 17:33:47 GMT on 2 August 2007.[1] The spacecraft docked with the Pirs module at 18:40 GMT on 5 August.[2] It remained docked for almost five months before undocking at 03:59 GMT on 22 December 2007.[3] Following undocking it conducted technological experiments and research as part of the Plazma-Progress programme for a month prior to being deorbited. It was deorbited at 19:06 GMT on 22 January 2008.[3] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 19:51 GMT.[4][5]
Progress M-61 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
- ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ↑ Wade, Mark. "Progress M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- 1 2 Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ↑ Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-61"". Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-06-05.