Progress M-SO1
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Progress M-SO1 was a modified Progress spacecraft used to deliver the Pirs module to the International Space Station
. It was based on the Progress-M
11F615A55 spacecraft, with the pressurised cargo module removed to accommodate Pirs, and had the serial number
301.
Progress M-SO1 was launched by a Soyuz-U
carrier rocket from Site 1/5
at the Baikonur Cosmodrome
. Launch occurred at 23:34:55 GMT on 14 September 2001. The spacecraft docked with the Nadir port of the Zvezda module at 01:05 GMT on 17 September. It remained docked for nine and a half days before it was jettisonned from Pirs at 15:36 GMT on 26 September. It was deorbited at 23:30 GMT on the same day, and burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean
, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 00:01 GMT on 27 September.
International Space Station
The International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...
. It was based on the Progress-M
Progress-M
Progress-M , also known as Progress 7K-TGM, is a Russian, previously Soviet spacecraft which is used to resupply space stations. It is a variant of the Progress spacecraft, originally built in the late 1980s as a modernised version of the Progress 7K-TG spacecraft, using new systems developed for...
11F615A55 spacecraft, with the pressurised cargo module removed to accommodate Pirs, and had the serial number
Serial number
A serial number is a unique number assigned for identification which varies from its successor or predecessor by a fixed discrete integer value...
301.
Progress M-SO1 was launched by a Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U
The Soyuz-U launch vehicle is an improved version of the original Soyuz LV. Soyuz-U is part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress Factory in Samara, Russia....
carrier rocket from Site 1/5
Gagarin's Start
Gagarin's Start is a launch site at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, used for the Soviet space program and now managed by the Russian Federal Space Agency....
at the Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome
The Baikonur Cosmodrome , also called Tyuratam, is the world's first and largest operational space launch facility. It is located in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan, about east of the Aral Sea, north of the Syr Darya river, near Tyuratam railway station, at 90 meters above sea level...
. Launch occurred at 23:34:55 GMT on 14 September 2001. The spacecraft docked with the Nadir port of the Zvezda module at 01:05 GMT on 17 September. It remained docked for nine and a half days before it was jettisonned from Pirs at 15:36 GMT on 26 September. It was deorbited at 23:30 GMT on the same day, and burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 00:01 GMT on 27 September.
See also
- List of Progress flights
- List of unmanned spaceflights to the ISS
- Progress M-MIM2Progress M-MIM2Progress M-MIM2 , or Progress M-MRM2, originally designated Progress M-SO2, was a modified Progress-M spacecraft which was used to deliver the Poisk module to the International Space Station. It was based on the Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the pressurised cargo module removed to...