Progress MS-13

Progress MS-13

Progress MS-13 approaches the ISS.
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roscosmos
COSPAR ID	2019-085A
SATCAT no.	44833
Mission duration	215 days, 12 hours, 30 minutes
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress MS-13 s/n 443
Spacecraft type	Progress-MS
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Launch mass	7280 kg
Payload mass	2480 kg
Start of mission
Launch date	6 December 2019, 09:34:11 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-2.1a s/n N15000-034
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 31/6
Contractor	Progress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	8 July 2020, 22:05 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Inclination	51.66°
Epoch	25 April 2020
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Pirs
Docking date	9 December 2019, 10:35:11 UTC
Undocking date	8 July 2020, 18:22 UTC
Time docked	212 days, 7 hours, 46 minutes
Cargo
Mass	2480 kg
Pressurised	1350 kg
Fuel	650 kg
Gaseous	50 kg
Water	420 kg
Progress ISS Resupply

Progress MS-13 (Russian: Прогресс МC-13), identified by NASA as Progress 74P, is a Progress spacecraft launched by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station.

Pre-launch

In 2014, the launch was originally scheduled for 16 October 2018, but in September 2019, it was rescheduled to 20 December 2019. This was then moved ahead to 6 December 2019.

Launch

Progress MS-13 was launched on 6 December 2019 at 09:34:11 UTC from Baikonur Cosmodrome, since the Site 31/6.

Docking

To avoid docking with the ISS at the same time as SpaceX CRS-19, Progress MS-13 followed a slow three-day rendezvous trajectory rather than the fast-track three hour trajectory used on Progress MS-12.

Progress MS-13 docked with the Pirs module at 10:38 UTC on 9 December 2019.

Cargo

The Progress MS-13 spacecraft delivered 2480 kg of cargo, with 1350 kg being pressurized and 1130 kg being unpressurized.

The following is a breakdown of cargo bound for the ISS:

• Hardware for onboard systems: 502 kg (1,107 lb)
• Medical supplies: 29 kg (64 lb)
• Personal protective gear: 66 kg (146 lb)
• Sanitary and hygiene items: 271 kg (597 lb)
• Repairs and servicing equipment: 9 kg (20 lb)
• Food: 271 kg (597 lb)
• Means of crew support: 25 kg (55 lb)
• Other payloads: 102 kg (225 lb)
• NASA cargo: 87 kg (192 lb)

Mission

On 3 July 2020 at 15:53 UTC, Progress MS-13 fired its engines to raise the International Space Station orbit 1 km for debris collision avoidance (COLA). This was the first COLA burn for International Space Station since 2015. The debris object 27923 (1987-079AG) was predicted to pass within 1 km of the station at 18:28 UTC on 3 July 2020 over the South Atlantic. The object was one of 42 cataloged from the 1996 breakup of a motor from Proton launcher in September 1987 that put three Glonass satellites in orbit.

Undocking and decay

According to Roskosmos, the vehicle undocked from the International Space Station on 8 July 2020, at 18:22 UTC. The Russian mission control commanded Progress MS-13 to fire its propulsion system on 8 July 2020, at 21:31 UTC. The maneuver resulted in the reentry of the spacecraft over a region of the Pacific Ocean at 22:05 on 8 July. Eight minutes later, any surviving debris of the spacecraft were projected to hit the surface of the ocean, around 1800 km east of New Zealand.

The departure of Progress MS-13 freed the docking port Pirs for the arrival of the fresh Progress MS-15 cargo ship; Progress MS-15 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 23 July 2020.