 Progress MS-03 undocking from the Pirs on 31 January 2017 | |
| Names | Progress 64P |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2016-045A |
| SATCATno. | 41670 |
| Mission duration | 199 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress MS-03 s/n 433 |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-MS |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Launch mass | 7281 kg |
| Payload mass | 2425 kg |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 16 July 2016, 21:41:45UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U (s/n G15000-147) |
| Launch site | Baikonur,Site 31/6 |
| Contractor | RKTs Progress |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 31 January 2017 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.65° |
| Docking withISS | |
| Docking port | Pirs |
| Docking date | 19 July 2016, 00:20 UTC |
| Undocking date | 31 January 2017, 14:25 UTC |
| Time docked | 196 days |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 2425 kg |
| Pressurised | 1230 kg |
| Fuel | 705 kg |
| Gaseous | 50 kg |
| Water | 420 kg |
Progress MS-03 (Russian:Прогресс МC-03), identified byNASA asProgress 64P, was aProgress spaceflight operated byRoscosmos to resupply theInternational Space Station (ISS).[2] It was the first Progress MS to have an external compartment for releasing satellites.[3]
Progress was the first cargo spacecraft to fly in space (1978), and also the first to bring freight back to Earth, thanks to aRaduga capsule. It was developed to supply theSalyut 6 space station and which was subsequently supply the crews ofSalyut 7,Mir and from theInternational Space Station. It enabled space station crews to stay in space by bringing consumables (food, water, fuel, oxygen) and spare parts.[4]
TheProgress-MS is a uncrewed freighter based on theProgress-M featuring improved avionics. This improved variant first launched on 21 December 2015. It has the following improvements:[5][6][7]
The launch of Progress MS-03 was originally scheduled for on 30 April 2016, but was postponed as a result of an overall reshuffle of the flight manifest for the International Space Station. At the beginning of June 2016, the mission was rescheduled from 4 July to 17 July 2016.
Progress MS-03 was launched on 16 July 2016 at 21:41:45 (UTC) on aSoyuz-U from theBaikonurSite 31/6 inKazakhstan. At the time of launch, the International Space Station was flying at 420 km overEastern Chad.[2]
The Progress MS-03 mission used the two-day, 34-orbit trip to the station instead of the currently available six-hour rendezvous profile. Progress MS-03 docked with the nadir docking port of thePirs module on 19 July 2016 at 00:20 UTC.[1][8]
The Progress MS-03 spacecraft delivered 2,425 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station for the six members of theExpedition 48 crew.[9]The following is a breakdown of cargo bound for the ISS:[6]
The Progress MS-03 cargo ship undocked from thePirs, on 31 January 2017, at 14:25 UTC, Roskosmos announced. The three-minute braking maneuver was scheduled to begin at 17:34 UTC, followed by reentry into the dense atmosphere at 18:10 UTC. Surviving debris of the spacecraft were calculated to impact thePacific Ocean at 18:24 UTC on the same day.[1]
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