Mission type ISS resupply COSPAR ID 2004-032A Launch date 11 August 2004 | Operator Roskosmos Disposal Deorbited Decay date 22 December 2004 | |
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Manufacturer S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia Similar Progress M‑51, Progress M‑45, Progress M‑53, Progress M‑47, Progress M‑58 | ||
Progress M-50, identified by NASA as Progress 15 or 15P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 350.
Progress M-50 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 05:03:07 GMT on 11 August 2004. The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 05:01:08 GMT on 14 August. It remained docked for four months before undocking at 19:37:02 GMT on 22 December 2004 to make way for Progress M-51. It was deorbited at 22:32:06 GMT on 22 December 2004. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 23:23:38 GMT.
Progress M-50 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.