Progress M-48

Progress M-48 (Russian: Прогресс М-48), identified by NASA as Progress 12P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 248.[1]

Progress M-48
Progress M-48 approaching the ISS.
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2003-039A
SATCAT no.27873
Mission duration152 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeProgress-M s/n 248
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date29 August 2003, 01:47:59 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date28 January 2004, 13:57:12 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude253 km
Apogee altitude347 km
Inclination51.6°
Period90.5 minutes
Epoch29 August 2003
Docking with ISS
Docking portZvezda aft
Docking date31 August 2003, 03:40:45 UTC
Undocking date28 January 2004, 08:35:56 UTC
Time docked150 days
Cargo
Mass2600 kg
Progress ISS Resupply
 

Launch

Progress M-48 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 01:47:59 UTC on 29 August 2003.[1]

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 03:40:45 UTC on 31 August.[2][3] It remained docked for 150 days before undocking at 08:35:56 UTC on 28 January 2004[2] to make way for Progress M1-11.[4] It was deorbited at 13:11 UTC on the same day.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 13:57:12 UTC.[2][5]

Progress M-48 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 6 June 2009.
  2. Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-48"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  3. Wade, Mark. "Progress M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  4. Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  5. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
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