Mission type | ISS resupply |
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Operator | Roskosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2002-033A |
SATCAT no. | 27454 |
Mission duration | 104 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M s/n 246 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 26 June 2002, 05:36:30 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 14 October 2002, 10:21:59 UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 193 km |
Apogee altitude | 245 km |
Inclination | 51.6° |
Period | 88.6 minutes |
Epoch | 26 June 2002 |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Zvezda aft |
Docking date | 29 June 2002, 05:36:30 UTC |
Undocking date | 24 September 2002, 13:58:49 UTC |
Time docked | 87 days |
Cargo | |
Mass | 2500 kg |
Progress ISS Resupply |
Progress M-46 ( Russian: Прогресс М-46), identified by NASA as Progress 8P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 246. [1]
Progress M-46 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 05:36:30 UTC on 26 June 2002. [1]
The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 05:36:30 UTC on 29 June 2002. [2] [3] Prior to docking it was used to conduct tests of the Kurs docking system. [3] It remained docked for 87 days before undocking at 13:58:49 UTC on 24 September 2002 [2] to make way for Progress M1-9. [4] It was deorbited at 09:34:00 UTC on 14 October 2002. [2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 10:21:59 UTC. [2] [5]
Progress M-46 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.