Progress_M-25M
Progress M-25M
Russian cargo spacecraft
Progress M-25M (Russian: Прогресс М-25М), identified by NASA as Progress 57P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2014.[4] Progress M-25M was launched on a six-hours rendezvous profile towards the ISS. The 25th Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched, it had the serial number 425 and was built by RKK Energia.
Traveling at 420 km over the Atlantic Ocean, the Russian cargo ship docking to the Pirs module. | |
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roskosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2014-067A  |
| SATCAT no. | 40292 |
| Mission duration | 178 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M s/n 425 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Launch mass | 7290 kg |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 29 October 2014, 07:09:43 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31/6 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 26 April 2015, 13:00 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 418.0 km |
| Apogee altitude | 423.0 km |
| Inclination | 51.67° |
| Period | 92.85 minutes |
| Epoch | 29 October 2014 |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Pirs |
| Docking date | 29 October 2014, 13:08 UTC |
| Undocking date | 25 April 2015, 06:41:14 UTC[3] |
| Time docked | 178 days |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 2351 kg |
| Pressurised | 1283 kg (dry cargo) |
| Fuel | 880 kg |
| Gaseous | 48 kg (oxygen and air) |
| Water | 420 kg |
Progress ISS Resupply | |
The spacecraft was launched on 29 October 2014 at 07:09:43 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.[5] This was the first time the upgraded Soyuz-2.1a rocket was used for an ISS mission launch.[6]
Traveling about 420 kilometres (260 mi) over the Atlantic Ocean, the unpiloted ISS Progress M-25M Russian cargo ship docked at 13:08 UTC on 29 October 2014 to the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station, less than six hours after launch.
The Progress spacecraft carries 2351 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.[7] The craft is delivering food, fuel and supplies, including 880 kg of propellant; 22 kg of oxygen; 26 kg of air; 420 kg of water; and 1283 kg of spare parts, supplies and experiment hardware for the six members of the Expedition 41 crew currently living and working in space. Progress M-25M is scheduled to remain docked to Pirs for six months.
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- Peat, Chris (1 November 2014). "PROGRESS-M 25M - Orbit". Heavens-Above. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- "Progress M-25M Mission Updates - Spaceflight101". Archived from the original on 30 April 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- William Graham; Pete Harding; Chris Bergin (29 October 2014). "Russian Progress M-25M docks with the ISS". NASASpaceflight.com.
- William Harwood (23 July 2014). "Russians launch Progress supply ship to space station". Spaceflight Now. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- Anatoly Zak (29 October 2014). "Progress M-25M flies on a modified Soyuz rocket". RussianSpaceWeb.com.
- "Progress M-25M". Roscosmos. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
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