Progress M-02M

Progress M-02M (Russian: Прогресс М-02М), identified by NASA as Progress 33P, was a Progress spacecraft which was used to resupply the International Space Station during 2009. It was the second Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft, and had the serial number 402.

Progress M-02M

Progress M-02M approaching the ISS.
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2009-024A
SATCAT no.	34905
Mission duration	67 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Progress-M s/n 402
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	7 May 2009, 18:37:09 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	13 July 2009, 16:28:47 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	291 km
Apogee altitude	336 km
Inclination	51.6°
Period	90.79 minutes
Epoch	7 May 2009 [1]
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Pirs
Docking date	12 May 2009, 19:24:23 UTC
Undocking date	30 June 2009, 18:29:43 UTC
Time docked	54 days
Progress ISS Resupply

Launch

Progress M-02M was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket,[2] flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch occurred at 18:37 UTC on 7 May 2009.

Docking

Docking with the Pirs module of the ISS occurred at 19:24 UTC on 12 May 2009. On 30 June 2009, it undocked from the Station to begin a series of scientific experiments,[3] having first been loaded with cargo for disposal, including two Orlan-M spacesuits.[4] It subsequently performed a second rendezvous with the ISS on 12 July 2009 to test docking systems installed for the arrival of Mini-Research Module 2. It approached to a distance of 10–12 metres (33–39 ft) from the zenith port of the Zvezda module, with the closest approach occurring at 17:15 UTC.[5] Following this test, it backed away from the station. At 15:43 UTC on 13 July 2009 it performed its deorbit burn, and it burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean at 16:28:47 UTC.[6]

See also

• List of Progress flights
• List of unmanned spaceflights to the ISS

References

1. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
2. "На Байконур доставлены две ракеты "Союз"". Roskosmos. 16 March 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
3. "Second Russian cargo spaceship undocks from ISS". Xinhua. 1 July 2009. Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
4. "SuitSat-2 Transforms Into a Satellite - System Integration Begins". AMSAT. 20 July 2009. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
5. "ISS On-Orbit Status". NASA SOMD. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2009. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
6. Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo Spacecraft "Progress M-02M"". Manned Astronautics - Facts and Figures. Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2009.