Progress MS-09

Progress MS-09 (Russian: Прогресс МC-09), identified by NASA as Progress 70P, was a Progress spacecraft used by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).

Progress MS-09

Progress MS-09 docked at the ISS on 15 August 2018.
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roscosmos
COSPAR ID	2020-058A
SATCAT no.	43537
Mission duration	200 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress MS-09 s/n 439
Spacecraft type	Progress-MS
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Launch mass	7281 kg
Payload mass	2450 kg
Start of mission
Launch date	9 July 2018, 21:51:34 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-2.1a s/n N15000-033
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 31/6
Contractor	Progress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	25 January 2019
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	193.0 km
Apogee altitude	240.8 km
Inclination	51.67°
Period	88.55 minutes
Epoch	9 July 2018
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Pirs
Docking date	10 July 2018, 01:31:33 UTC
Undocking date	25 January 2019, 12:55 UTC
Time docked	199 days
Cargo
Mass	2450 kg
Pressurised	1230 kg
Fuel	705 kg
Gaseous	50 kg
Water	420 kg
Progress ISS Resupply

Launch

Progress MS-09 launched on 9 July 2018 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-2.1a rocket.[1] NASA confirmed on 28 June 2018 that if Progress MS-09 launches on 9 July 2018, the mission succeeded a super fast-tracked rendezvous with the Station, docking to the ISS just 3 hours (2 orbits) after launch - making it the fastest orbital rendezvous ever-attempted with the Station.[2]

Docking

Progress MS-09 docked as scheduled with the nadir docking port of the Pirs module on 10 July 2018 at 01:31 UTC.

The new version features the upgraded Kurs-NA rendezvous system, featuring the AO-753A antenna replaced the earlier 2AO-VKA antenna and three AKR-VKA antennas, while two older 2ASF-M-VKA antennas are retained. Kurs-NA will increase the reliability and safety during docking operations. The new SUD flight control system allows for autonomous trajectory measurements using the GLONASS (Uragan) navigation satellites. The communications system is also upgraded to use the Luch-5 data relay satellites. Also improvements were made to the micrometeoroid protection, the lighting system and the docking port.[3]

Cargo

The Progress MS-09 spacecraft carried about 2450 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station. The spacecraft delivered food, fuel and supplies, including 705 kg of propellant, 50 kg of oxygen and air, 420 kg of water.

Cubesats

Beginning with the Progress MS-03, the Progress can optionally carry four CubeSat deployers for a total of 24 CubeSat-units.[3]

Undocking and decay

Undocking occurred on 25 January 2019, at 12:55 UTC. Later that day, the spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere and its debris fell into the Pacific Ocean.

References

1. NASA Office of Inspector General (28 June 2016). NASA's Response to SpaceX's June 2015 Launch Failure: Impacts on Commercial Resupply of the International Space Station (PDF) (Report). NASA Office of Inspector General. p. 13. Retrieved 18 July 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. Gebhardt, Chris (9 July 2018). "Progress MS-09 completes super fast 4-hour rendezvous with Space Station". NASASpaceflight.com. NASASpaceflight. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
3. "Progress MS-09: Display 2018-058A". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. NASA. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.