Progress MS-11

Progress MS-11 (Russian: Прогресс МC-11), identified by NASA as Progress 72P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).

Progress MS-11

Progress MS-11 approaches the ISS.
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roscosmos
COSPAR ID	2019-019A
SATCAT no.	44110
Mission duration	116 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress MS-11 n/s 441
Spacecraft type	Progress-MS
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Launch mass	7400 kg
Payload mass	3400 kg
Start of mission
Launch date	4 April 2019, 11:01:34 UTC [1]
Rocket	Soyuz-2.1a s/n Ya15000-036
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 31/5
Contractor	Progress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	29 July 2019
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	4 April 2019
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Pirs
Docking date	4 April 2019, 14:22:26 UTC [1]
Undocking date	29 July 2019, 10:43 UTC
Time docked	116 days
Cargo
Mass	3400 kg
Pressurised	1400 kg
Fuel	900 kg
Gaseous	47 kg
Water	420 kg
Progress ISS Resupply

Pre-launch

In 2014, the launch was scheduled for 16 April 2018. In November 2018, delays with the launch of the EgyptSat-A spacecraft and required the launch to 28 March 2019, the Kommersant newspaper reported. In January 2019, RIA Novosti reported that the launch had been pushed to 4 April 2019.[2]

Launch

Progress MS-11 launched on 4 April 2019, at 11:01:34 UTC [1] from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-2.1a rocket.[3]

Docking

Progress MS-11 docked with the docking port of the Pirs module just 3 hours and 22 minutes after the launch, at 14:22:26 UTC.[4]

Cargo

The Progress MS-11 spacecraft carried about 3400 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station, included 1400 kg of dry cargo, 900 kg of fuel, 420 kg of water in the Rodnik system and 47 kg of compressed air.[5]

Undocking and decay

It undocked at 10:43 UTC, on 29 July 2019. And decay in the atmosphere and its debris entered the Pacific Ocean, on the same day.

References

1. Gebhardt, Chris (4 April 2019). "Progress MS-11 docks to the ISS; Station supplies in good shape". Retrieved 9 April 2019.
2. http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-11.html
3. NASA Office of Inspector General (June 28, 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 2016-07-18. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
4. "Россия установила новый рекорд скорости доставки грузов на МКС" [Russia set new ISS supply delivery speed record] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
5. "Progress MS-11: Display 2019-019A". 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.