Cargo spacecraft "Progress M1-9"

Russia

Flight: ISS-9P (the 9th cargo ship to ISS).

Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation	27531 / 02045A
Launch date - time	25 Sep 2002 - 16:58:24 UT
Launch site	Baikonur, LC1/5
Launch vehicle	Soyuz-FG (s/n° E15000-003)
OKB name - S/N°	7K-TGM n° 258
Mass (kg)
Total cargo mass (kg)
Earth orbit on :
- Perigee / Apogee	192 / 235 km
- Inclination	51.7°
- Period	88.5 min

Docking date - time	29 Sep 2002 - 17:00:54 UT
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Zvezda axial (aft) port
Docking orbit:
- Perigee / Apogee	km
- Inclination	°
- Period	min
Undocking date - time	01 Feb 2003 - 16:00:54 UT
Deorbit burn date - time	01 Feb 2003 - 19:10:00 UT
Destruction date - time	1 Feb 2003 - 20:00:28 UT (burned up in atmosphere)
Flight Duration (dd:hh:min)	129d 02h
Nbr orbits

21 Sep 2002 - Baikonur Cosmodrome:

Payload shroud roll on to the Progress M1-9 spacecraft was completed on the Assembly and Test Facility.

All photos by RSC Energia.

Mission:

Cargo supplies delivery. The total mass of cargo carried by the vehicle was about 2.6 tons, which includes propellant for refuelling the Russian Segment of the Station; oxygen; food rations and fresh food for the ISS crew; means of atmospheric control, repair and maintenance, sanitary, hygienic and medical support, water supply, power supply, personal protection; crew support equipment; payloads for conducting work under the program of the European Space Agency (ESA) envisaged in the mission plan of the ESA astronaut, citizen of Belgium, Frank De Vinne, who is a member of the fourth Russian "taxi" mission. Also included for the two Expedition 5 Russian cosmonauts on board were questionnaires of the All-Russian population census in 2002.

Mission details:

Cargo ship Progress M1-9, Station mission 9P, was launched on Sep 25, 2002 using a Soyuz-FG rocket. The Soyuz-FG is a Soyuz-U with improved first stage engines. Progress M1-9 (Progress No. 258) docked with Zvezda at 1700 UTC on Sep 29.

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Baikonur, registered mail. Credit: #401

Ref.: #7(JR488,509), #21, #87, #210, #401 - update: 20.02.22

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