 Progress MS-07 docking with the ISS on 16 October 2017 | |
| Names | Progress 68P |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2017-065A |
| SATCATno. | 42971 |
| Mission duration | 194 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress MS-07 s/n 437 |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-MS |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Launch mass | 7428 kg |
| Payload mass | 2549 kg |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 14 October 2017, 08:46:53UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a (s/n U15000-029) |
| Launch site | Baikonur,Site 31/6 |
| Contractor | RKTs Progress |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 26 April 2018 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.67° |
| Docking withISS | |
| Docking port | Pirs |
| Docking date | 16 October 2017, 11:04:07 UTC |
| Undocking date | 28 March 2018, 13:50:30 UTC[2] |
| Time docked | 163 days |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 2549 kg |
| Pressurised | 1382 kg |
| Fuel | 700 kg |
| Gaseous | 47 kg |
| Water | 420 kg |
Progress MS-07 (Russian:Прогресс МC-07), identified byNASA asProgress 68P, was aProgress spaceflight, operated byRoscosmos to resupply theInternational Space Station (ISS).
TheProgress-MS is an uncrewed freighter based on theProgress-M featuring improved avionics. This improved variant first launched on 21 December 2015. It has the following improvements:[3][4][5]
After a two-day delay, the Progress MS-07 lifted off on 14 October 2017, at 08:46:53 UTC. The spacecraft docked at the station on 16 October 2017, at 11:04:07 UTC. Progress MS-07 was launched from theBaikonur Cosmodrome inKazakhstan, atop aSoyuz-2.1a rocket.[1]
Progress MS-07 was docked with the aft docking port of thePirs module. This Progress flight was intended to mark the debut of the new two-orbit rendezvous profile which was not possible when the original launch date had to be scrubbed.[6]
The Progress MS-07 spacecraft delivered 2,549 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station for the six-person crew.The following is a breakdown of cargo bound for the ISS:[4][6]
Once the Progress arrived at the station,Expedition 53 commanderRandolph Bresnik and flight engineerJoseph M. Acaba prepared for aspacewalk, on 20 October 2017, to accomplish a variety of maintenance tasks outside the complex. This included the replacement of a fuse on the station's Canadian-builtDextre robot, replacing an external camera and light fixture, and removing thermal insulation from two spare units to prepare them for future relocation.[4]
Progress MS-07 undocked from the Pirs on 28 March 2018, at 13:50:30 UTC. The vehicle continued with experiments until 26 April 2018.[6]
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