Progress MS-10 (Russian: Прогресс МC-10), identified by NASA as Progress 71P, was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). This was the 162nd flight of a Progress spacecraft.
.jpg) Progress MS-10 approaches the ISS on 18 November 2018 | |
| Names | Progress 71P |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2018-091A |
| SATCAT no. | 43702 |
| Mission duration | 200 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress MS-10 s/n 440 |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-MS |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Launch mass | 7426 kg |
| Payload mass | 2564 kg |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 16 November 2018, 18:14:08 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG s/n N15000-068 |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| Contractor | Progress Rocket Space Centre |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 4 June 2019 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Zvezda |
| Docking date | 18 November 2018, 19:31:38 UTC |
| Undocking date | 4 June 2019, 08:40 UTC |
| Time docked | 198 days |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 2564 kg |
| Pressurised | 1330 kg |
| Fuel | 750 kg |
| Gaseous | 75 kg |
| Water | 440 kg |
Progress ISS Resupply | |
History
editThe Progress-MS is an uncrewed freighter based on the Progress-M featuring improved avionics. This improved variant first launched on 21 December 2015. It has the following improvements:[1][2][3]
- New external compartment that enables it to deploy satellites. Each compartment can hold up to four launch containers. First time installed on Progress MS-03.
- Enhanced redundancy thanks to the addition of a backup system of electrical motors for the docking and sealing mechanism.
- Improved Micrometeoroid (MMOD) protection with additional panels in the cargo compartment.
- Luch Russian relay satellites link capabilities enable telemetry and control even when not in direct view of ground radio stations.
- GNSS autonomous navigation enables real time determination of the status vector and orbital parameters dispensing with the need of ground station orbit determination.
- Real time relative navigation thanks to direct radio data exchange capabilities with the space station.
- New digital radio that enables enhanced TV camera view for the docking operations.
- The Ukrainian Chezara Kvant-V on board radio system and antenna/feeder system has been replaced with a Unified Command Telemetry System (UCTS).
- Replacement of the Kurs A with Kurs NA digital system.
Pre-launch
editIn 2014, the launch was expected on 22 February 2018. In 2017, the mission had slipped to August 2018. In June 2018, the launch was scheduled for 31 October 2018, but in the wake of the Soyuz MS-10 accident it had to be postponed on 16 November 2018.[4]
Launch
editProgress MS-10 launched atop a Soyuz-FG rocket on 16 November 2018, at 18:14:08 UTC [5] from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.[6]
Docking
editProgress MS-10 docked as scheduled with the aft docking port of the Zvezda module on 18 November 2018 at 19:31:38 UTC.[7]
Cargo
editThe Progress MS-10 spacecraft delivered 2,564 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station. The following is a breakdown of cargo bound for the ISS:[2][4]
- Dry cargo: 1,330 kg
- Fuel: 750 kg
- Oxygen: 75 kg
- Water: 440 kg
Undocking and decay
editIt undocked at 08:40 UTC and deorbited in Pacific Ocean, on 4 June 2019 at 11:28 UTC.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Krebs, Gunter (1 December 2015). "Progress-MS 01-19". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Progress MS-10 2018-091A". NSSDCA. NASA. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Zak, Anatoly (16 November 2018). "Progress-MS". Russian Space Web. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ a b Zak, Anatoly (16 November 2018). "Progress MS-10 arrives at ISS". Russian Space Web. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ @Roscosmos (16 November 2018). "The State Commission confirmed the scheduled lift-off time of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 November 2018 – via Twitter.
- ^ Barrels, Meghan (16 November 2018). "Blastoff! Russian Spaceship Launches Tons of Supplies to Space Station". Space.com.
- ^ a b Staff writers (5 June 2019). "Progress MS-10 resupply ship splashes down in Pacific Ocean after undocking from ISS". Russian Aviation. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
