Progress M-03M (Russian: Прогресс М-03М), identified by NASA as Progress 35P, was a Progress spacecraft used by the Russian Federal Space Agency to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).

Progress M-03M
Progress M-03M is docked to the ISS.
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2009-056A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.35948
Mission duration194 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeProgress-M s/n 403
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date15 October 2009, 01:14 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date27 April 2010
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude291 km
Apogee altitude336 km
Inclination51.6°
Period90.79 minutes
Epoch15 October 2009 [1]
Docking with ISS
Docking portPirs
Docking date18 October 2009, 01:40 UTC
Undocking date22 April 2010, 16:32 UTC
Time docked186 days
Cargo
Mass2000 kg
Pressurised790 kg
Fuel870 kg
Water420 kg
Progress ISS Resupply
 

Launch edit

Progress M-03M launched on a Soyuz-U carrier rocket, flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Liftoff took place at 01:14 UTC on 15 October 2009.[2]

Docking edit

Docking with the Pirs module of the ISS took place on 18 October 2009 at 01:40 UTC.[3][4]

Cargo edit

Progress M-03M delivered 790 kg (1750 lb) of dry cargo, 870 kg (1918 lb) of propellant and 420 kg (926 lb) of water.

Undocking edit

 
Progress M-03M departs the ISS.

The spacecraft undocked from Pirs on 22 April 2010. Filled with trash and discarded space station items, the Progress ship was used for scientific experiments until it was deorbited, entering the Earth's atmosphere and burning up over the Pacific Ocean. The deorbit burn occurred at 18:07 UTC on 27 April 2010.[5]

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References edit

  1. ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Progress M-03M". nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  3. ^ Justin Ray. "Latest freighter heads for International Space Station". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
  4. ^ Justin Ray. "Cargo ship arrives at the International Space Station". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  5. ^ NASA (28 April 2010). "NASA ISS On-orbit Status Report". Retrieved 29 April 2010.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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