Progress M-20M (Russian: Прогресс М-20М), identified by NASA as Progress 52P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2013.[3] Progress M-20M was built by RKK Energia. Progress M-20M was launched on a 6-hours rendezvous profile towards the ISS. The 20th Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched, it had the serial number 420 and was built by RKK Energia.
 Progress M-20M undocking from the Pirs docking module on 3 February 2014. | |
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roskosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2013-039A |
| SATCAT no. | 39219 |
| Mission duration | 199 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M s/n 420 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Launch mass | 6950 kg |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 27 July 2013, 20:45:08 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur, 31/6 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 11 February 2014, 15:55 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 413.0 km |
| Apogee altitude | 418.0 km |
| Inclination | 51.6° |
| Period | 92.88 minutes |
| Epoch | 27 July 2013 |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Pirs |
| Docking date | 28 July 2013, 02:26 UTC |
| Undocking date | 3 February 2014, 16:21 UTC |
| Time docked | 190 days |
Progress ISS Resupply | |
Launch
editThe spacecraft was launched on 27 July 2013 at 20:45 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.[4] The launch was the first out of Baikonur since a disastrous Proton-M failure on 2 July 2013.
Docking
editProgress M-20M docked with the Pirs docking compartment on 28 July 2013 at 02:26 UTC, less than six hours after launch.[5]
Cargo
editSome last minute items were added to the Progress to assist the station astronauts with figuring out why the cooling system on one of the American spacesuits sprung a leak and caused a spacewalk to be aborted the previous week.
Undocking and reentry
editProgress M-20M undocked from the ISS on 3 February 2014.
References
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- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ^ Pete Harding (27 July 2013). "Progress M-20M arrives at ISS with spacesuit repair tools".
- ^ "Cargo freighter takes four-orbit sprint to space station". Spaceflight Now. 27 July 2013.
- ^ Megan Gannon (27 July 2013). "Russian Spacecraft Delivers Spacesuit Repair Kit to International Space Station". Space.com.
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