Progress M-45

Progress M-45 (Russian: Прогресс М-45), identified by NASA as Progress 5P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 245.[1]

Progress M-45

Progress M-45 departing the ISS.
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2001-036A
SATCAT no.	26890
Mission duration	93 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Progress-M s/n 245
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	21 August 2001, 09:23:54 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	22 November 2001, 21:35:23 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	193 km
Apogee altitude	145 km
Inclination	51.6°
Period	88.6 minutes
Epoch	21 August 2001
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Zvezda aft
Docking date	23 August 2001, 09:51:32 UTC
Undocking date	22 November 2001, 16:12:01 UTC
Time docked	91 days
Cargo
Mass	2500 kg
Progress ISS Resupply

Launch

Progress M-45 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 09:23:54 UTC on 21 August 2001.[1]

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 09:51:32 UTC on 23 August 2001.[2][3]

It remained docked for 91 days before undocking at 16:12:01 UTC on 22 November 2001[2] to make way for Progress M1-7.[4] It left debris on the docking port which prevented Progress M1-7 from achieving a hard dock until it was removed during an EVA on 3 December 2001. Progress M-45 was deorbited at 20:48:00 UTC on the same day that it undocked.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 21:35:23 UTC.[2][5]

Progress M-45 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.

See also

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

References

1. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
2. Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-45"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
3. Wade, Mark. "Progress M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
4. Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
5. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 June 2009.