Mission type ISS resupply COSPAR ID 2009-056A Mission duration 194 days Launch date 15 October 2009 Inclination 51.6° Rocket Soyuz-U | Operator Roskosmos SATCAT no. 35948 Spacecraft type Progress-M 11F615A60 Inclination 51.6° Period 1.5 hours | |
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Manufacturer S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia Similar Progress M‑02M, Progress M‑04M, Progress M‑66, Progress M‑01M, Progress M‑MIM2 | ||
Spectacular launch of cargo rocket to space progress m 03m september 1 2009
Progress M-03M, identified by NASA as Progress 35P, was a Progress spacecraft used by the Russian Federal Space Agency to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).
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Progress m 03m 35p launches to iss
Launch and docking
Progress M-03M launched on a Soyuz-U carrier rocket, flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Liftoff took place at 01:14 UTC on 15 October 2009. Docking with the Pirs module of the ISS took place on 18 October at 01:40 UTC. Progress M-03M delivered 790 kilograms (1750 lb) of dry cargo, 870 kg (1918 lb) of propellant and 420 kg (926 lb) of water.
Undocking
The spacecraft undocked from Pirs on 22 April 2010. Filled with trash and discarded space station items, the Progress ship was used for scientific experiments until it was deorbited, entering the Earth's atmosphere and burning up over the Pacific Ocean. The deorbit burn occurred at 18:07 UTC on 27 April 2010.