Mission type ISS resupply COSPAR ID 2002-033A Launch date 26 June 2002 | Operator Roskosmos Disposal Deorbited Decay date 14 October 2002 | |
Manufacturer S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia Similar Progress M‑50, Progress M‑51, Progress M‑45, Progress M‑47, Progress M‑53 | ||
Progress M-46, identified by NASA as Progress 8 or 8P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 246.
Progress M-46 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 05:36:30 GMT on 26 June 2002. The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 05:36:30 GMT on 29 June. Prior to docking it was used to conduct tests of the Kurs docking system. It remained docked for three months before undocking at 13:58:49 GMT on 24 September 2002 to make way for Progress M1-9. It was deorbited at 09:34:00 GMT on 14 October. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 10:21:59 GMT.
Progress M-46 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.