Progress M-57

Progress M-57
Progress M-57 approaching the ISS
Mission type ISS resupply
Operator Roskosmos
COSPAR ID 2006-025A
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Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Progress-M 11F615A55
Manufacturer RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date 24 June 2006, 15:08:18 (2006-06-24UTC15:08:18Z) UTC
Rocket Soyuz-U
Launch site Baikonur Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal Deorbited
Decay date 17 January 2007, 03:15:20 (2007-01-17UTC03:15:21Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Inclination 51.6 degrees
Docking with ISS
Docking port Pirs
Docking date 26 June 2006, 16:25 UTC
Undocking date 16 January 2007, 23:23:52 UTC
Time docked 5½ months
Progress ISS Resupply

Progress M-57 (Russian: Прогресс М-57), identified by NASA as Progress 22 or 22P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 357.

Progress M-57 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 15:08:18 GMT on 24 June 2006.[1] The spacecraft docked with the Pirs module at 16:25 GMT on 26 June.[2][3] It remained docked for five and a half months before undocking at 23:23:52 GMT on 16 January 2007[2] to make way for Progress M-59.[4] It was deorbited at 02:29 GMT on 17 January 2007.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 03:15:20 GMT.[2][5]

Progress M-57 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.

See also

References

  1. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-57"". Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts. Archived from the original on 2008-03-02. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  3. Wade, Mark. "Progress M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  4. Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  5. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
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