Progress M-20M (ISS mission 52P)

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Mission of Progress M-58

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Progress flies a successful mission after Proton crash

Personnel at Baikonur Cosmodrome launch site in Kazakhstan had a busy weekend launching a fresh cargo ship to the International Space Station, ISS, Sunday morning local time, the first Russian space mission after a spectacular crash of the Proton rocket earlier this month.

The liftoff of the Soyuz-U rocket from Site 31 in Baikonur took place as scheduled at 00:45:08 Moscow Time on July 28, 2013, (4:45 p.m. EST on July 27), as the ISS was flying over Southern Russia near Mongolian border.

The launch vehicle was carrying the 7,282-kilogram Progress M-20M cargo transport spacecraft bound to the ISS.

Around 10 minutes after the liftoff, mission control confirmed that the spacecraft had successfully reached its orbit and deployed all its antennas and solar arrays.

The docking of the Progress with the Pirs docking compartment on the Russian segment also took place as scheduled at 06:26 Moscow Time on July 28, 2013, (10:26 p.m. EST on July 27) or just around five and a half hours after liftoff.

It was the 52nd launch of the Progress cargo ship to the ISS, designated 52P in the station's mission manifest. Also, it was the 11the launch of the Soyuz series of rockets in 2013 and the 41st world's orbital launch attempt this year.

The launch of Progress M-20M was previously scheduled for April 26 and July 24.

End of mission

Progress M-20M was undocked from the Pirs docking compartment, SO1, on Feb. 3, 2014, at 20:21 Moscow Time. During its autonomous flight, from February 8 to February 10, the spacecraft was scheduled to conduct the Izgib ("curvature") experiment to test methods of flight control with gravitational orientation, GO, and Sun-vehicle-Earth orientation, SOZ. The deorbiting of the spacecraft was scheduled for February 11.

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Cargo onboard Progress M-20M (ISS mission 52P):

Propellant in tanks of the refueling system	410 kilograms
Oxygen in the oxygen supply system, SrPK	28 kilograms
Air in the oxygen supply system, SrPK	19 kilograms
Water in the tanks of the Rodnik system	420 kilograms
Total mass of cargo in the pressurized compartment, including:	1,489 kilograms
Air content provision system, SOGS Onboard flight control systems, SUBA Water supply system, SVO Thermal conditioning system, SOTR Repair and servicing hardware, STOR Onboard information and telemetry system, BITS, and calculation system, BVS Power-supply system, SEP	1 kilogram 2 kilograms 58 kilograms 6 kilograms 5 kilograms 8 kilograms 51 kilograms
Sanitary and hygiene hardware, SGO	130 kilograms
Food supplies, SOP	257 kilograms
Medical supplies, SMO	126 kilograms
Individual protection system, SIZ	113 kilograms
Fire protection system, SPPZ	42 kilograms
Onboard documentation, crew packages, video and photo supplies	40 kilograms
Experiment payloads	192 kilograms
Hardware for Zarya FGB module	84 kilograms
Hardware for SO1 Pirs docking compartment	2 kilograms
Hardware for MIM1 Rassvet module	2 kilograms
Hardware for MIM2 Poisk module	2 kilograms
Onboard systems upgrade hardware	120 kilograms
Hardware for the US segment, including food, sanitary and hygiene	112 kilograms
Items for Russian crew members	136 kilograms
Total mass of all delivered cargo	2,366 kilograms

This page is maintained by Anatoly Zak; Last update: February 4, 2014

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PICTURE GALLERY

Integration of the payload section of the Progress M-20M spacecraft with the launch vehicle at the MIK assembly building at Site 31 in Baikonur. Credit: RKK Energia

The rollout of Progress M-20M to the launch pad at Site 31 in Baikonur on July 25, 2013. Credit: RKK Energia

prelaunch

Progress M-20M shortly before launch on July 28, 2013. Credit: TsENKI

launch

Launch

Progress M-20M lifts off on July 28, 2013. Credit: TsENKI