Progress MS-07
Progress MS-07 shortly before docking to the ISS on 16 October 2017 | |
Mission type | ISS resupply |
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Operator | Roscosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2017-065A |
SATCAT no. | 42971 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress MS-07 (No.437) |
Spacecraft type | Progress-MS |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date |
14 October 2017, 08:47 UTC [1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a |
Launch site | Baikonur Site 31/6 |
Contractor | Roscosmos |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Pirs nadir |
Docking date | 16 October 2017 |
Undocking date | 28 March 2018[2] |
Cargo | |
Fuel | 880 kg (1,940 lb) |
Gaseous | 47 kg (104 lb) |
Water | 420 kg (930 lb) |
Progress ISS Resupply |
Progress MS-07 (Russian: Прогресс МC-07), identified by NASA as Progress 68 or 68P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).
Launch
Progress MS-07 was launched on 14 October 2017 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket.[1] A launch on 12 October 2017 was scrubbed.
Docking
Progress MS-07 was docked with the aft docking port of the Pirs 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.
Cargo
The Progress MS-07 spacecraft carried about 2450 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station. The spacecraft delivered food, fuel and supplies, including 880 kg of propellant, 47 kg of oxygen and air, 420 kg of water.
References
- 1 2 Gebhardt, Chris (14 October 2017). "Progress MS-07 launches, minus two orbit, 3.5hr rendezvous Station option". NASASpaceflight. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ↑ https://rg.ru/2018/04/26/korabl-progress-ms-07-sveli-s-orbity-pered-zatopleniem.html