Progress M-20M
 Progress M-20M undocking from the Pirs docking module on 3 February 2014. | |
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roskosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2013-039A |
| SATCAT № | 39219 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M 11F615A60 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 27 July 2013, 20:45:08 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur 31/6[1] |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 11 February 2014, 15:55 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee | 413 kilometres (257 mi) |
| Apogee | 418 kilometres (260 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 92.88 minutes |
| Epoch | 30 July 2013[2] |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Pirs |
| Docking date | 28 July 2013, 02:26 UTC |
| Undocking date | 3 February 2014, 16:21 UTC |
| Time docked | 190 days, 13 hour, 55 minutes |
Progress M-20M (Russian: Прогресс М-20М), identified by NASA as Progress 52 or 52P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2013.[3] Progress M-20M was built by RKK Energia. Progress M-20M was launched on a 6-hours rendezvous profile towards the ISS. The 20th Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched, it had the serial number 420 and was built by RKK Energia.
Launch
The spacecraft was launched on 27 July 2013 at 20:45 GMT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.[4] The launch was the first out of Baikonur since a disastrous Proton-M failure on July 2.
Docking
Progress M-20M docked with the Pirs docking compartment on 28 July at 02:26 GMT, less than six hours after launch.[5]
Cargo
Some last minute items were added to the Progress to assist the station astronauts with figuring out why the cooling system on one of the U.S. spacesuits sprung a leak and caused a spacewalk to be aborted the previous week.
Undocking and Reentry
Progress M-20M undocked from the ISS on 3 February 2014.
References
- 1 2 McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ↑ Pete Harding (July 27, 2013). "Progress M-20M arrives at ISS with spacesuit repair tools".
- ↑ "Cargo freighter takes 4-orbit sprint to space station". Spaceflight Now. 27 July 2013.
- ↑ Megan Gannon (July 27, 2013). "Russian Spacecraft Delivers Spacesuit Repair Kit to International Space Station".
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