Progress M-60

Progress M-60

Progress M-60 approaching the ISS
Mission type ISS resupply
Operator Roskosmos
COSPAR ID 2007-017A
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Progress-M 11F615A55
Manufacturer RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date 12 May 2007, 03:25:36 (2007-05-12UTC03:25:36Z) UTC
Rocket Soyuz-U
Launch site Baikonur Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal Deorbited
Decay date 25 September 2007, 19:47 (2007-09-25UTC19:48Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Inclination 51.6 degrees
Docking with ISS
Docking port Zvezda Aft
Docking date 15 May 2007, 05:10 UTC
Undocking date 19 September 2007, 00:36:51 UTC
Time docked 4 months

Progress M-60, identified by NASA as Progress 25 or 25P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 360.

Progress M-60 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 03:25:36 GMT on 12 May 2007.[1] The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 05:10 GMT on 15 May.[2] It remained docked for four months before undocking at 00:36:51 GMT on 19 September 2007.[3] Following undocking it conducted research as part of the Plazma-Progress programme for a week prior to being deorbited. It was deorbited at 19:01 GMT on 25 September 2007.[3] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 19:47 GMT.[4][5]

Progress M-60 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. Wade, Mark. "Progress M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  3. 1 2 Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  4. Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-60"". Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  5. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-06-05.


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