Mission type ISS resupply COSPAR ID 2005-007A Inclination 51.6° Decay date 16 June 2005 | Operator Roskosmos Disposal Deorbited Launch date 28 February 2005 | |
Manufacturer S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia Similar Progress M‑53, Progress M‑58, Progress M‑51, Progress M‑45, Progress M‑57 | ||
Progress M-52, identified by NASA as Progress 17 or 17P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 352.
Progress M-52 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 19:09:18 GMT on 28 February 2005. The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 20:10:08 GMT on 2 March. It remained docked for three and a half months before undocking at 20:16:10 GMT on 15 June 2005 to make way for Progress M-53. It was deorbited at 23:16:00 GMT on 15 June 2005. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 00:02:41 GMT on 16 June.
Progress M-52 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. It also carried the TNS-0 nanosatellite, which was deployed from the ISS on 28 March at 08:30 GMT.