Progress MS-09
Mission type | ISS resupply |
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Operator | Roscosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2018-058A |
SATCAT no. | 43537 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress MS-09 (No.439) |
Spacecraft type | Progress-MS |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 9 July 2018, 21:51:33 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a |
Launch site | Baikonur Site 31/6 |
Contractor | Roscosmos |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Pirs nadir |
Docking date | 10 July 2018, 01:31:33 UTC |
Progress ISS Resupply |
Progress MS-09 (Template:Lang-ru), identified by NASA as Progress 70 or 70P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).
Launch
Progress MS-09 launched on 9 July 2018 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-2.1a rocket.[1] NASA confirmed on June 28 that if Progress MS-09 launches on July 9, it will attempt a super fast-tracked rendezvous with the Station, docking to the ISS just 3 hours (2 orbits) after launch - making it the fastest orbital rendezvous ever-attempted with the Station.[2]
Docking
Progress MS-09 docked as scheduled with the nadir (the only) docking port of the Pirs module on 10 July 2018 at 01:31 UTC.
Cargo
The Progress MS-09 spacecraft is carrying about 2450 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station. The spacecraft will deliver food, fuel and supplies, including 705 kg of propellant, 50 kg of oxygen and air, 420 kg of water.
Deorbit
When this craft deorbits, it will take the Pirs module off the station.
References
- ^ NASA Office of Inspector General (June 28, 2016). NASA’s Response to SpaceX’s June 2015 Launch Failure: Impacts on Commercial Resupply of the International Space Station (PDF) (Report). NASA Office of Inspector General. p. 13. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
- ^ Gebhardt, Chris (9 July 2018). "Progress MS-09 completes super fast 4-hour rendezvous with Space Station". NASASpaceflight.com. NASASpaceflight. Retrieved 9 July 2018.