Progress MS-02

Progress MS-02
Mission type ISS resupply
Operator Roscosmos
COSPAR ID 2016-022A
SATCAT № 41436
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Progress-MS No.432[1]
Manufacturer RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date 31 March 2016, 16:23:57 UTC
Rocket Soyuz-2.1a [2]
Launch site Baikonur 31/6
Docking with ISS
Docking port Zvezda aft
Docking date 2 April 2016 17:58

Progress ISS Resupply
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Progress MS-02 (Russian: Прогресс МC-02), identified by NASA as Progress 63 or 63P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2016. It was launched on March 31, 2016, to deliver cargo to the ISS.

Launch

Progress MS-2 was launched on 31 March 2016 at 16:23 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Docking

Progress MS-2 docked successfully with the aft docking port of the Zvezda module on 2 April 2016 at 17:58 UTC.

Cargo

The Progress MS-2 spacecraft carried 2425 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station. The spacecraft delivered food, fuel and supplies, including 540 kg of propellant, 47 kg of oxygen and air, 420 kg of water, and 1418 kg of spare parts, supplies and experiment hardware for the six members of the Expedition 47 crew..[3]

Technology

The Progress MS spacecraft has upgraded communications and electronics from previous Progress vehicles. After launch, ground controllers were able to communicate the Progress MS via a Russian Luch data relay satellite in geosynchronous orbit. This was described as the first time a Progress or Soyuz spacecraft had such capability.[4]

Other upgrades include:


References

  1. "Progress-MS 1 - 8". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  2. "Progress-MS 1 - 8". space.skyrocket.de. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  3. "Progress MS-02". Roscosmos. 1 April 2016.
  4. Zak, Anatoly (23 December 2015). "Soyuz rocket flies critical test mission with Progress-MS". russianspaceweb.com. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
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