Progress MS-15

Progress MS-15 (Russian: Прогресс МC-15), identified by NASA as Progress 76, is a Progress spacecraft launched by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).

Progress MS-15
Expedition 63 Progress 76 Docking
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2020-050A
SATCAT no.45937
Mission duration18 days, 21 hours, 25 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress MS-15
Spacecraft typeProgress-MS
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Launch mass7000 kg
Start of mission
Launch date23 July 2020 14:26:21 UTC [1][2]
RocketSoyuz-2.1a
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 31/6
ContractorProgress Rocket Space Centre
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.645°
Epoch28 July 2020
Docking with ISS
Docking portPirs
Docking date23 July 2020
Time docked18 days, 18 hours, 6 minutes
Progress ISS Resupply
 

Launch

A Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle was used to launch Progress MS-15 to the International Space Station.

Progress MS-15 was launched at 14:26:21 UTC from Baikonur Site 31/6 on a fast-track trajectory. Following a nominal launch, Progress MS-15 docked with the Pirs port on the ISS two orbits later at 17:45:00 UTC.[2][3]

Docking

Around 3 hours 20 minutes after the launch, Progress MS-15 successfully docked automatically at the nadir port of the Pirs module at 17:45:00 UTC, where it is expected to remain until December 2020.[2][3][4] After its mission is complete, it will depart and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere for destruction over the South Pacific Ocean.

Cargo

The Progress MS-15 spacecraft delivered 2936 kg of cargo, with 1430 kg of this being dry cargo.

The following is a breakdown of cargo bound for the ISS:[1]

  • Dry cargo: 1430 kg
  • Fuel: 620 kg
  • Oxygen: 46 kg
  • Water: 420 kg

Undocking and decay

The Progress MS-15 is scheduled to remain docked at the station through late 2020, when it will depart with trash and the Pirs module and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere for destruction over the South Pacific Ocean.[5]

References
  1. "Progress MS-15 cargo spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome". Roscosmos. 23 July 2020.
  2. Navin, Joseph and Gebhardt, Chris (23 July 2020). "Progress MS-15 arrives at Station with eventful automated docking". NASASpaceflight.com.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. Clark, Stephen (23 July 2020). "Progress supply ship docks with space station after last-minute misalignment". SpaceflightNow.
  4. Zak, Anatoly (23 July 2020). "Progress MS-15 arrives at ISS". Russian Space Web.
  5. Zak, Anatoly. "Integrating the MLM Nauka with ISS". Russian Space Web. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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