Mission type ISS resupply SATCAT no. 41177 Disposal Deorbited Launch date 21 December 2015 Launch site Baikonur Cosmodrome | COSPAR ID 2015-080A Spacecraft type Progress-MS No.431 Docking port Pirs nadir Rocket Soyuz-2 Decay date 3 July 2016 | |
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Manufacturer S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia Operator Roscosmos State Corporation Similar Progress MS‑04, Progress MS‑03, Progress MS‑02, Progress M‑27M, Progress MS‑05 | ||
Progress ms 01 docking test with intense thruster firing
Progress MS-01 (Russian: Прогресс МС or Прогресс МС-01), identified by NASA as Progress 62 or 62P is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2015. It was launched on December 21, 2015, to deliver cargo to the ISS. Progress MS-1 is the first vehicle in the Progress-MS series.
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Launch
The launch was initially scheduled for 21 November 2015. Progress MS-1 was launched on 21 December 2015 at 08:44:39 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Docking
Progress MS-1 docked with the Pirs docking compartment on 23 December 2015 at 10:27 UTC.
Technology
The Progress MS spacecraft has upgraded communications and electronics from previous Progress vehicles. After launch, ground controllers were able to communicate the Progress MS via a Russian Luch data relay satellite in geosynchronous orbit. This was described as the first time a Progress or Soyuz spacecraft had such capability.
Other upgrades include:
Progress MS-1 was launched on a Soyuz-2, the first launch of the rocket since the failed launch of Progress M-27M. The Soyuz-U rocket was used for subsequent Progress flights until this flight.
Reentry
The upper stage reentry was visible over Arizona and Nevada on December 22 at 5:30 UTC.
The spacecraft initiated the de-orbit maneuver on July 3, 2016 at 7:03 UTC, with an expected landing of any possible debris on the Pacific Ocean by 7:50. UTC