Progress M-60

Summary

Progress M-60 (Russian: Прогресс М-60), identified by NASA as Progress 25P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 360.

Progress M-60
Progress M-60 approaching the ISS
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2007-017A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.31393
Mission duration136 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeProgress-M s/n 360
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date12 May 2007, 03:25:36 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date25 September 2007, 19:47 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Inclination51.6°
Epoch12 May 2007
Docking with ISS
Docking portZvezda aft
Docking date15 May 2007, 05:10 UTC
Undocking date19 September 2007,
00:36:51 UTC
Time docked127 days
Cargo
Mass1400 kg (dry cargo)
Pressurised241 kg (fruits and vegetables)
Fuel136 kg (medical equipment)
Gaseous45 kg (air)
Water419 kg
Progress ISS Resupply
 

Launch edit

Progress M-60 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 03:25:36 UTC on 12 May 2007.[1]

Docking edit

The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 05:10 UTC on 15 May.[2] It remained docked for 127 days before undocking at 00:36:51 UTC on 19 September 2007.[3] Following undocking it conducted research as part of the Plazma-Progress programme for a week prior to being deorbited. It was deorbited at 19:01 UTC on 25 September 2007.[3] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 19:47 UTC.[4][5]

Progress M-60 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  2. ^ Wade, Mark. "Progress M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 10 July 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  3. ^ a b Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  4. ^ Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-60"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  5. ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 5 June 2009.