Progress M-28M

Progress M-28M (Russian: Прогресс М-28М), identified by NASA as Progress 60P was a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2015. It was launched on 3 July 2015, less than a week following the failure of SpaceX CRS-7 and the previous failure of Progress M-27M to deliver cargo to the ISS.[3] The 28th Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft launched has the serial number 428 and was built by RKK Energia.

Progress M-28M

Progress M-28M shortly after undocking from the ISS on 19 December 2015.
Mission type	International Space Station resupply
Operator	Roscosmos
COSPAR ID	2015-031A
SATCAT no.	40713
Mission duration	169 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Progress-M s/n 428
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Launch mass	7282 kg
Start of mission
Launch date	3 July 2015, 04:55:48 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	19 December 2015, 11:28 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric[2]
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	263 km
Apogee altitude	289 km
Inclination	51.65°
Period	90.03 minutes
Epoch	3 July 2015
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Pirs
Docking date	5 July 2015, 07:11 UTC
Undocking date	19 December 2015, 07:35 UTC
Time docked	167 days
Cargo
Mass	2381 kg
Pressurised	1393 kg
Fuel	520 kg
Gaseous	48 kg
Water	420 kg
Progress ISS Resupply

Launch

The spacecraft was launched on 3 July 2015 at 04:55 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.[4]

Docking

Progress M-28M docked with the Pirs docking compartment on 5 July 2015 at 07:11 UTC. The spacecraft undocked from the station on 19 December 2015 at 07:35 UTC.

Cargo

The typhoon Soudelor photographed from the ISS on 5 August 2015 while the storm was in the western Pacific. The Soyuz TMA-17M (bottom left) and the Progress M-28M (top left) are visible.

The Progress spacecraft carries 2381 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.[5] The craft is delivering food, fuel and supplies, including 520 kg of propellant, 48 kg of oxygen and air, 420 kg of water, and 1393 kg of spare parts, supplies and experiment hardware for the six members of the Expedition 44 crew. Progress M-28M is scheduled to remain docked to Pirs for about four months.

See also

• 2015 in spaceflight

References

1. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
2. Peat, Chris (4 July 2015). "PROGRESS-M 28M - Orbit". Heavens-Above. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
3. Shively, Nick (2 July 2015). "Russia to launch supplies to International Space Station tonight". LA times. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
4. Chris Bergin (3 July 2015). "Russian Progress M-28M launches on critical ISS cargo run". NASASpaceflight.com.
5. "Progress M-28M". Roscosmos. 3 July 2015.

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