Progress MS-01

Progress MS-01 (), identified by NASA as Progress 62 or 62P is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2015. It was launched on December 21, 2015, to deliver cargo to the ISS. Progress MS-1 is the first vehicle in the Progress-MS series.

Launch
The launch was initially scheduled for 21 November 2015. Progress MS-1 was launched on 21 December 2015 at 08:44:39 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Docking
Progress MS-1 docked with the Pirs docking compartment on 23 December 2015 at 10:27 UTC.

Technology
The Progress MS spacecraft has upgraded communications and electronics from previous Progress vehicles.  After launch, ground controllers were able to communicate the Progress MS via a Russian Luch data relay satellite in geosynchronous orbit.  This was described as the first time a Progress or Soyuz spacecraft had such capability.

Other upgrades include:

 Upgraded Kurs-A rendezvous system designated Kurs-NA, including new antennas
 Upgraded flight control system that can take advantage of the GLONASS navigation satellites for the first time, for autonomous trajectory measurements
 New digital television system, which replaced an older analog TV, allowing transmission between the transport ship and the space station via onboard radio channels.
 New digital backup control unit
 Enhanced meteoroid shielding
 New LED-based lighting system
 Upgraded angular velocity sensors
 Docking port equipped with a backup electric driving mechanism

Progress MS-1 was launched on a Soyuz-2, the first launch of the rocket since the failed launch of Progress M-27M.  The Soyuz-U rocket was used for subsequent Progress flights until this flight.

Reentry
The upper stage reentry was visible over Arizona and Nevada on December 22 at 5:30 UTC.

The spacecraft initiated the de-orbit maneuver on July 3, 2016 at 7:03 UTC, with an expected landing of any possible debris on the Pacific Ocean by 7:50. UTC

References

External links

Progress MS-1 Real Time Tracking

Category:Progress (spacecraft) missions
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Category:Spacecraft which reentered in 2016
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