 Progress M-14M approaches the ISS on 27 January 2012. | |
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roskosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2012-004A |
| SATCATno. | 38073 |
| Mission duration | 94 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M s/n 414 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 25 January 2012, 23:06:40 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur,Site 1/5[1] |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 28 April 2012 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 193 km |
| Apogee altitude | 245 km |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Period | 88.59 minutes |
| Epoch | 25 January 2012 |
| Docking withISS | |
| Docking port | Pirs |
| Docking date | 28 January 2012, 00:08:57 UTC |
| Undocking date | 19 April 2012, 11:04 UTC |
| Time docked | 82 days |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 2669 kg |
| Pressurised | 1410 kg (dry cargo) |
| Fuel | 930 kg |
| Gaseous | 50 kg |
| Water | 420 kg |
Progress ISS Resupply | |
Progress M-14M (Russian:Прогресс М-14М), identified byNASA asProgress 46P, is aProgress spacecraft which was used byRoskosmos to resupply theInternational Space Station during 2012. The fourteenthProgress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft, it had theserial number 414 and was built byRKK Energia. Upon its arrival in late January 2012, it delivered supplies to theExpedition 30 crew aboard the space station, where it remained docked until 19 April 2012.
Progress M-14M was launched at 23:06:40 UTC on 25 January 2012. It was launched fromSite 1/5 at theBaikonur Cosmodrome,[1] by aSoyuz-Ucarrier rocket. In preparation for the launch, the spacecraft was fuelled atSite 31 on 18 January 2012, before being moved toSite 254 for final assembly, and mating with the third stage and fairing.[2] This was mated to the lower stages of the carrier rocket atSite 112 on 23 January 2012,[3] and rolled out to the launch pad at 01:00 UTC on 24 January 2012.[4][5]
About 529 seconds after launch, the spacecraft separated from theSoyuz-U into alow Earth orbit with a target perigee of 193 kilometres (120 mi), apogee of 245 kilometres (152 mi) and 51.66° ofOrbital inclination.[6]
It spent a little over two days in free flight, during which time it conducted two main engine burns and a firing of its manoeuvring thrusters to raise its orbit before docking with thePirs module of the International Space Station on 28 January 2012 at around 00:08:57 UTC; the docking port had been vacated byProgress M-13M on 23 January 2012.[7]
Progress M-14M undocked on 19 April 2012 at 11:04 UTC from the Pirs Module, making way forProgress M-15M.[8] Unlike most Progress departures, Progress M-14M will spend additional time on orbit in order to carry out the "Radar-Progress" experiment, sounding the ionospheric environment as modified by thruster firings.[9] The experiment will be conducted by the Siberian Institute of Solar-Earth Physics of theRussian Academy of Sciences. The radar participating in the experiment is located in theIrkutsk region in southernSiberia.[10]
The Progress M-14M spacecraft deorbited on 28 April 2012 at around 13:46 UTC and sank in thePacific Ocean upon its reentry.
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