Progress MS-03

Progress MS-03

Progress MS-03 undocking from the Pirs on 31 January 2017
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roscosmos
COSPAR ID	2016-045A
SATCAT no.	41670
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress MS-03 (No.433)
Spacecraft type	Progress-MS
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Launch mass	7,281 kg (16,052 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	16 July 2016, 21:41:45 (UTC)
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur 31/6
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Pirs nadir
Docking date	19 July 2016, 00:20 UTC
Undocking date	31 January 2017, 14:25 UTC
Time docked	196 days
Cargo
Mass	2,436 kg (5,370 lb)
Pressurised	1,230 kg (2,710 lb)
Fuel	705 kg (1,554 lb)
Gaseous	50 kg (110 lb)
Water	420 kg (930 lb)
Progress ISS Resupply

Progress MS-03 as seen from the visual scope of the Pirs module at the ISS

Progress MS-03 (Russian: Прогресс МC-03), identified by NASA as Progress 64 or 64P, is a Progress spacecraft to be used by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). It was launched as scheduled on July 16, 2016 at 21:41:45 (UTC).

It is the first Progress MS to have an external compartment for releasing satellites.

Launch

Progress MS-03 was launched on July 16, 2016 at 21:41:45 (UTC) on a Soyuz-U from the Baikonur 31/6 in Kazakhstan.

Docking

Progress MS-03 docked with the nadir docking port of the Pirs module on July 19, 2016 at 00:20 UTC.

Cargo

The Progress MS-3 spacecraft carried about 2425 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station. The spacecraft delivered food, fuel and supplies, including 705 kg of propellant, 50 kg of oxygen and air, 420 kg of water, 22 kg of supplies for NASA and 1418 kg of spare parts, supplies and experiment hardware for the six members of the Expedition 48 crew.