Progress M-20M (Russian: Прогресс М-20М), identified by NASA as Progress 52P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2013.[3] Progress M-20M was built by RKK Energia. Progress M-20M was launched on a 6-hours rendezvous profile towards the ISS. The 20th Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched, it had the serial number 420 and was built by RKK Energia.
Launch
The spacecraft was launched on 27 July 2013 at 20:45 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.[4] The launch was the first out of Baikonur since a disastrous Proton-M failure on 2 July 2013.
Docking
Progress M-20M docked with the Pirs docking compartment on 28 July 2013 at 02:26 UTC, less than six hours after launch.[5]
Cargo
Some last minute items were added to the Progress to assist the station astronauts with figuring out why the cooling system on one of the American spacesuits sprung a leak and caused a spacewalk to be aborted the previous week.
Undocking and reentry
Progress M-20M undocked from the ISS on 3 February 2014.
References
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ^ Pete Harding (27 July 2013). "Progress M-20M arrives at ISS with spacesuit repair tools".
- ^ "Cargo freighter takes four-orbit sprint to space station". Spaceflight Now. 27 July 2013.
- ^ Megan Gannon (27 July 2013). "Russian Spacecraft Delivers Spacesuit Repair Kit to International Space Station". Space.com.
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