Progress M-52 (Russian: Прогресс М-52), identified by NASA as Progress 17P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 352.[1]

Progress M-52
Progress M-52 departing the ISS.
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2005-007A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.28624
Mission duration108 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeProgress-M s/n 352
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date28 February 2005, 19:09:18 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date16 June 2005, 00:02:41 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude193 km
Apogee altitude245 km
Inclination51.7°
Period88.6 minutes
Epoch28 February 2005
Docking with ISS
Docking portZvezda aft
Docking date2 March 2005, 20:10:08 UTC
Undocking date15 June 2005, 20:16:10 UTC
Time docked105 days
Cargo
Mass2500 kg
Progress ISS Resupply

Launch

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Progress M-52 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 19:09:18 UTC on 28 February 2005.[1]

Docking

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The spacecraft docked with the port of the Zvezda aft module at 20:10:08 UTC on 2 March 2005.[2][3] It remained docked for 105 days before undocking at 20:16:10 UTC on 15 June 2005[2] to make way for Progress M-53.[4] It was deorbited at 23:16:00 UTC on 15 June 2005.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 00:02:41 UTC on 16 June 2005.[2][5]

Progress M-52 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. It also carried the TNS-0 (2005-007C) nanosatellite, which was deployed from the ISS on 28 February 2005 at 19:09:18 UTC.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-52"". Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  3. ^ Wade, Mark. "Progress M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 10 July 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  4. ^ Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  5. ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 June 2009.