Mission type ISS resupply COSPAR ID 2009-060A Spacecraft type Progress-M (modified) Mass 3,670 kg Period 1.5 hours Launch date 10 November 2009 | Operator Roskosmos SATCAT no. 36086 Manufacturer RKK Energia Inclination 51.6° Launch mass 7,102 kg Rocket Soyuz-U | |
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Similar Progress M‑66, Progress M‑02M, Progress M‑SO1, Progress M‑03M, Progress M‑08M | ||
Progress m mim2 undocking of the propulsion module
Progress M-MIM2 (Russian: Прогресс М-МИМ2), or Progress M-MRM2, originally designated Progress M-SO2, was a modified Progress-M spacecraft which was used to deliver the Poisk module to the International Space Station. It was based on the Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the pressurised cargo module removed to accommodate Poisk, and had the serial number 302. It was similar to the Progress M-SO1 spacecraft which was used to deliver the Pirs module to the station in 2001.
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Progress M-MIM2 and Poisk were launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch occurred at 14:22 GMT on 10 November 2009. At launch, Progress M-MIM2 had a total mass of 7,102 kilograms (15,657 lb), including the 3,670-kilogram (8,090 lb) Poisk module.
The spacecraft docked with the zenith port of the International Space Station's Zvezda module on 12 November. Capture occurred at 15:41 GMT, and initial docking was completed successfully at 15:44. At 00:16 GMT on 8 December, Progress M-MIM2 was undocked from Poisk, and at 04:48 GMT its engines ignited to begin a 38-second deorbit burn. It reentered the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean at 05:27, and had broken up by 05:32.