Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-46"

Russia

Flight: ISS-8P.

Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation	27454 / 02033A
Launch date - time	26 Jun 2002 - 05:36:30 UT
Launch site	Baikonur, LC1/5
Launch vehicle	Soyuz 11A511U
OKB name - S/N°	7K-TGM S/n° 246
Mass (kg)
Total cargo mass (kg)
Earth orbit on :
- Perigee / Apogee	193 x 242 km
- Inclination	51.6°
- Period	88.6 min

Docking date - time	29 Jun 2002 - 06:23 UT
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Zvezda side port
Docking orbit:
- Perigee / Apogee	km
- Inclination	°
- Period	min
Undocking date - time	24 Sept 2002 - 13:58:49 UT
Deorbit burn date - time	14 Oct 2002 - 09:34:00 UT
Destruction date - time	14 Oct 2002 - 10:21:59 UT (burned up in atmosphere)
Flight Duration (dd:hh:min)	110d.03h. (108d?)
Nbr orbits	1718

Mission summary:
Cargo supplies delivery. The launch objective was to deliver the cargoes with a total mass of 2580 kg to the ISS to ensure life support and activities of the 5th ISS Prime Crew (ISS-5). The vehicle carried 825 kg of propellant for the Station accommodated in the refuelling system tanks, 50 kg of oxygen held in the oxygen supply system bottles, 250 kg of propellant in the propulsion system tanks, as well as 1455 kg of dry goods involving the equipment for thermal control system and electric power; atmospheric revitalization system; fire-fighting and self-protecting aids; medical, sanitary-hygienic and water supply systems; food rations, including fresh food product packages; kits of flight data files, video- and photographic equipment.

Mission:

Progress M-46 was launched from Baikonur on Jun 26, 2002. ISS mission 8P uses the older model Progress M. M-46 docked with the Zvezda module at 06:23 UT on Jun 29 after carrying out tests of the Kurs rendezvous system on Jun 28.
Progress M-46 undocked from Zvezda at 1358 UTC on Sep 24, 2002 and remained in orbit to carry out photography of the Earth.

Ref.: #7(JR483,488), #21, #125, #210 - update: 09.01.12

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