Progress M-61

Progress M-61 (Russian: Прогресс М-61), identified by NASA as Progress 26P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 361.

Progress M-61
Progress M-61 approaching the ISS.
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2007-033A
SATCAT no.32001
Mission duration173 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeProgress-M s/n 361
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date2 August 2007, 17:33:47 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date22 January 2008, 19:51 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude336 km
Apogee altitude347 km
Inclination51.6°
Period91.4 minutes
Epoch2 August 2007
Docking with ISS
Docking portPirs
Docking date5 August 2007, 18:40 UTC
Undocking date22 December 2007, 03:59 UTC
Time docked139 days
Cargo
Mass2300 kg
Progress ISS Resupply
 

Launch

Progress M-61 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 17:33:47 UTC on 2 August 2007.[1]

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the Pirs module at 18:40 UTC on 5 August 2007.[2] It remained docked for almost 139 days before undocking at 03:59 UTC on 22 December 2007.[3] Following undocking it conducted technological experiments and research as part of the Plazma-Progress programme for a month prior to being deorbited. It was deorbited at 19:06 UTC on 22 January 2008.[3] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 19:51 UTC.[4][5]

Progress M-61 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-61"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  5. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
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