 Progress M-16M atopHurricane Leslie, on 9 September 2012. | |
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roskosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2012-042A |
| SATCATno. | 38738 |
| Mission duration | 192 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M s/n 416 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Launch mass | 6950 kg |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 1 August 2012, 19:35:13 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur,Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 9 February 2013, 17:05 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 193.0 km |
| Apogee altitude | 245.0 km |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Period | 88.58 minutes |
| Epoch | 1 August 2012 |
| Docking withISS | |
| Docking port | Pirs |
| Docking date | 2 August 2012, 01:24:39 UTC |
| Undocking date | 9 February 2013, 13:16 UTC |
| Time docked | 191 days |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 2639 kg |
| Pressurised | 1242 kg (dry cargo) |
| Fuel | 680 kg |
| Gaseous | 47 kg (oxygen and air) |
| Water | 420 kg |
Progress ISS Resupply | |
Progress M-16M (Russian:Прогресс М-16М), identified byNASA asProgress 48P, is aProgress spacecraft used byRoskosmos to resupply theInternational Space Station during 2012. The sixteenthProgress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft, it has theserial number 416 and was built byRKK Energia.
It was the 126th launch to the ISS and the fifteenth Russian space launch in 2012. It was also the seventh mission for theSoyuz family of rockets since the beginning of the year.
The spacecraft was launched on time at 19:35:13 UTC from theBaikonur Cosmodrome inKazakhstan, on 1 August 2012. Ten minutes after liftoff, theSoyuz-U rocket carrying Progress M-16M successfully delivered the spacecraft to orbit to begin its International Space Station (ISS) resupply mission.
Progress M-16M debuted the use of a fast approach rendezvous profile that saw the spacecraft docking on its fourth orbit, as opposed to docking about 50 hours after launch on previous Progress flights. This profile allows the transportation of critical biological payloads to the ISS. After testing on Progress flights, the same rendezvous profile is being used on human Soyuz flights to reduce crew fatigue.[1][2]
Partially obstructed by two Russian spacecraft in the foreground,Tropical cyclone Leslie is clearly seen in theAtlantic Ocean on 9 September 2012, as photographed by one of theExpedition 32 crew members aboard the International Space Station. At the time of the photo, Leslie was centered near 33.4° North latitude and 62.1° West longitude (approximately 300 km east-northeast ofBermuda) moving northward at 25 km per hour with winds of 100 km per hour.
Progress M-16M departed thePirs Docking Compartment at 13:15:27 UTC on 9 February 2013 performing a nominal undocking to begin a very short free flight.
Progress M-16M was packed with 1242 kilograms of equipment, food, clothing, life support system gear (dry cargo), 680 kilograms of propellant to replenish reservoirs that feed the Russian maneuvering thrusters, 420 kilograms of water and 47 kilograms ofoxygen and air.
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