Progress M1-8

Progress M1-8, identified by NASA as Progress 7P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 257.[1]

Progress M1-8
Progress M1-8 departing the ISS.
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2002-013A
SATCAT no.27395
Mission duration96 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeProgress-M1 s/n 257
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date21 March 2002, 20:13:39 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date25 June 2002, 12:26:52 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude389 km
Apogee altitude394 km
Inclination51.6°
Period92.4 minutes
Epoch21 March 2002
Docking with ISS
Docking portZvezda aft
Docking date24 March 2002, 20:57:56 UTC
Undocking date25 June 2002, 08:26:30 UTC
Time docked93 days
Cargo
Mass2400 kg
Progress ISS Resupply
 

Launch

Progress M1-8 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 20:13:39 UTC on 21 March 2002.[1]

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 20:57:56 UTC on 24 March 2002.[2][3] It remained docked for 93 days before undocking at 08:26:30 UTC on 25 June 2002[2] to make way for Progress M-46.[4] It was deorbited at 11:35:00 UTC on the same day.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 12:26:52 UTC.[2][5]

Progress M1-8 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 7 June 2009.
  2. Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M1-8"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  3. Wade, Mark. "Progress M1". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  4. Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  5. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
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