Mission type ISS resupply COSPAR ID 2001-021A Inclination 51.6° Decay date 22 August 2001 | Operator Roskosmos Disposal Deorbited Launch date 20 May 2001 | |
Manufacturer S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia Similar Progress M1‑4, Progress M1‑7, Progress M1‑8, Progress M1‑3, Progress M1‑11 | ||
Progress M1-6, identified by NASA as Progress 4 or 4P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 255.
Progress M1-6 was launched on the maiden flight of the Soyuz-FG carrier rocket, flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 22:32:40 GMT on 20 May 2001. The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 00:23:57 GMT on 23 May. It remained docked for three months before undocking at 06:02 GMT on 22 August to make way for Progress M-45. It was deorbited at 09:00 GMT on the same day, burning up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 09:50 GMT.
Progress M1-6 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.