 Progress M-47, a 11F615A55 model, as seen from the ISS | |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | USSR Russia |
| Operator | Roskosmos |
| Applications | Space station logistics |
| Specifications | |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Design life | 180 days |
| Production | |
| Status | Retired |
| Built | 11F615A55: 67 11F615A60: 29 |
| Launched | 11F615A55: 67 11F615A60: 30 |
| Retired | 11F615A55: 67 11F615A60: 28 |
| Failed | 11F615A60: 1 |
| Lost | 11F615A60: 1 |
| Maiden launch | 11F615A55: 1989 (M-1) 11F615A60: 2008 (M-01M) |
| Last launch | 11F615A55: 2021 (M-UM) 11F615A60: 2015 (M-29M) |
| Last retirement | 11F615A55: 2021 (M-UM) 11F615A60: 2016 (M-29M) |
| Related spacecraft | |
| Derived from | Progress 7K-TG Soyuz-TM |
| Derivatives | Progress-M1 Progress MS |
| Configuration | |
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Progress-M (Russian:Прогресс-М,GRAU indices11F615A55 and11F615A60), also known asProgress 7K-TGM, is aRussian (formerlySoviet) spacecraft used to resupplyspace stations. It is a variant of theProgress series, originally developed in the late 1980s as a modernized version of theProgress 7K-TG spacecraft. The Progress-M incorporated new systems derived from theSoyuz-T andSoyuz-TM spacecraft. The 11F615A60 variant introduced further upgrades, including the replacement of analog flight control systems with digital ones.
The first 43 Progress-M spacecraft were used to resupplyMir, with later missions supporting theInternational Space Station (ISS). A total of 87 Progress-M spacecraft were launched, 67 of the older 11F615A55 model and 30 of the newer 11F615A60 version. One spacecraft,Progress M-12M, was lost in a launch failure in August 2011. Another,M-27M, launched on 28 April 2015 but lost communication and control shortly after reaching orbit and re-entered Earth's atmosphere and burned up.[1]
TheProgress M1 was a derivative of the Progress-M 11F615A55, optimized to carry more fuel at the expense of dry cargo and water. It entered service in 2000 and was retired in 2004. A modernized M1 incorporating upgrades from the 11F615A60 variant was scheduled to enter service in 2011, but the program was canceled before its first flight.
The final flight of a standard 11F615A55 wasProgress M-67 in July 2009, while the final flight of the 11F615A60 wasProgress M-29M in October 2015. It's replacement, the upgradedProgress MS spacecraft, flew for the first time in December 2015.
Several 11F615A55 spacecraft were specially modified into "space tugs" to deliver space station modules.Progress M-14 andM-38 were modified to deliverVDU attitude control systems toMir in 1992 and 1998 respectively.Progress DC-1 deliveredPirs to the ISS in 2001,M-MIM2 deliveredPoisk in 2009, andM-UM deliveredPrichal in 2021.
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| Progress | ||
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