Progress MS-08

Progress MS-08 (Russian: Прогресс МC-08), identified by NASA as Progress 69P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).

Progress MS-08

Progress MS-08 approaches the ISS on 15 February 2018.
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roscosmos
COSPAR ID	2018-019A
SATCAT no.	43211
Mission duration	197 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress MS-08 s/n 438
Spacecraft type	Progress-MS
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Launch mass	7430 kg
Payload mass	2494 kg
Start of mission
Launch date	13 February 2018, 08:13:33 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-2.1a s/n U15000-030
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 31/6
Contractor	Progress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	30 August 2018
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	193.1 km
Apogee altitude	241.2 km
Inclination	51.67°
Period	88.55 minutes
Epoch	13 February 2018
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Zvezda
Docking date	15 February 2018, 10:38 UTC
Undocking date	23 August 2018, 02:16 UTC
Time docked	188 days
Cargo
Mass	2494 kg
Pressurised	1388 kg
Fuel	640 kg
Gaseous	46 kg
Water	420 kg
Progress ISS Resupply

Launch

Progress MS-08 launched on 13 February 2018 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket, at 08:13:33 UTC.[1]

Docking

Progress MS-08 docked on 15 February 2018 with the aft docking port of the Zvezda module, at 10:38 UTC.[2]

Cargo

The Progress MS-08 spacecraft carried about 2494 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station. Progress MS-08 also includes two nanosatellites: Tanyusha YuZGU-3 (1998-067PJ) and Tanyusha YuZGU-4 (1998-067PK) (a.k.a. Radioskaf RS-8 and Radioskaf RS-9) with a mass of 2.5 kg, which was developed jointly by RKK Energia and students at the South-Western State University, YuZGU, in the city of Kursk. The satellites will be launched by spacewalking cosmonauts.[3]

Undocking and decay

Undocking on 23 August 2018, at 02:16 UTC. And decay in the atmosphere and its debris entered the Pacific Ocean, on 30 August 2018.

References

1. Chris Gebhardt, William Graham and Chris Bergin (13 February 2018). "Soyuz 2-1A launches at the second attempt with Progress MS-08". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 13 February 2018.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
2. Chris Gebhardt, William Graham and Chris Bergin (15 February 2018). "Progress MS-08 docks with ISS". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 15 February 2018.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
3. "Progress MS-08 arrives at ISS". russianspaceweb.com. russianspaceweb. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2020.