Progress M-60

Progress M-60 (Russian: Прогресс М-60), identified by NASA as Progress 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
Progress M-60 approaching the ISS
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2007-017A
SATCAT no.31393
Mission duration136 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeProgress-M s/n 360
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date12 May 2007, 03:25:36 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date25 September 2007, 19:47 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Inclination51.6°
Epoch12 May 2007
Docking with ISS
Docking portZvezda aft
Docking date15 May 2007, 05:10 UTC
Undocking date19 September 2007,
00:36:51 UTC
Time docked127 days
Cargo
Mass1400 kg (dry cargo)
Pressurised241 kg (fruits and vegetables)
Fuel136 kg (medical equipment)
Gaseous45 kg (air)
Water419 kg
Progress ISS Resupply
 

Launch

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 UTC on 12 May 2007.[1]

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 05:10 UTC on 15 May.[2] It remained docked for 127 days before undocking at 00:36:51 UTC 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 UTC 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 UTC.[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 5 June 2009.
  2. Wade, Mark. "Progress M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  3. Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  4. Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-60"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  5. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
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