Progress M-50
Progress M-50 departing the ISS
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Mission type | ISS resupply |
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Operator | Roskosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2004-032A |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M 11F615A55 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 11 August 2004, 05:03:07 | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 22 December 2004, 23:23:38 | UTC
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Zvezda Aft |
Docking date | 14 August 2004, 05:01:08 UTC |
Undocking date | 22 December 2004, 19:37:02 UTC |
Time docked | 4 months |
Progress M-50, identified by NASA as Progress 15 or 15P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 350.[1]
Progress M-50 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 05:03:07 GMT on 11 August 2004.[1] The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 05:01:08 GMT on 14 August.[2][3] It remained docked for four months before undocking at 19:37:02 GMT on 22 December 2004[2] to make way for Progress M-51.[4] It was deorbited at 22:32:06 GMT on 22 December 2004.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 23:23:38 GMT.[2][5]
Progress M-50 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.
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