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Progress M-28M logistics spacecraft docked with the ISS

July 5, 2015

On July 5, 2015, at 10:11 Moscow Time, logistics spacecraft Progress M-28M docked in the automatic mode with the Docking Compartment (DC) Pirs of the International Space Station (ISS) Russian Segment.

The cargo spacecraft used a two-day flight profile to rendezvous with the ISS. The initial contact occurred during 34th orbit. From onboard the space station the docking process was monitored by the ISS commander Gennadi Padalka and flight engineer Mikhail Kornienko.

The Progress M-28M spacecraft has delivered to the ISS propellant components, compressed oxygen, additional equipment needed to maintain the station in good working order, equipment for science experiments, medical supplies, personal belongings and food for the crew. Altogether, 2381 kg of various cargos have been delivered.

The logistics spacecraft of the new series Progress M-M developed and built by RSC Energia is an upgraded version of the Progress M spacecraft. It is equipped with new devices for the motion control and navigation system and an improved onboard measurement system. All the devices are built around state-of-the-art electronic components and run the latest software. The upgrade made it possible to reduce the mass of the onboard equipment and thus enhance the capability to deliver payload to orbit.

The spacecraft is designed to deliver to the International Space Station (ISS) dry cargo, propellant components, supplies of water and gas, to perform dynamic operations when attached to the space station using its own engines, as well as to evacuate waste and spent equipment from the station. Additional tasks of the spacecraft include conducting space experiments in free flight and flight developmental testing of onboard systems and their elements.

 

OAO RSC Energia: : the leader in the rocket and space industry, and the prime contractor for manned space systems. The Corporation conducts work on the development of unmanned space and rocket systems (launch vehicles and orbital transfer vehicles), and high-technology systems for various non-space applications. Since August 2014, the Corporation is headed by Vladimir Lvovich Solntsev.

 

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