Progress MS-15

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Progress MS-15
Progress MS-15 undocking (cropped).jpg
Progress MS-15 after undocking from the ISS
NamesProgress 76P
Mission type ISS resupply
Operator Roscosmos
COSPAR ID 2020-050A OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
SATCAT no. 45937 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Mission duration1594 days, 4 hours, 58 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress MS-15
Spacecraft type Progress MS
Manufacturer Energia
Launch mass7000 kg
Payload mass2540 kg
Start of mission
Launch date23 July 2020, 14:26:21 UTC [1] [2] [3]
Rocket Soyuz-2.1a
Launch site Baikonur, Site 31/6
Contractor RKTs Progress
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date9 February 2021, 09:13 UTC [4]
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric orbit
Regime Low Earth orbit
Inclination 51.65°
Docking with ISS
Docking port Pirs nadir
Docking date23 July 2020, 17:45 UTC
Undocking date9 February 2021, 05:21 UTC
Time docked200 days, 11 hours, 36 minutes
Cargo
Mass2540 kg
Pressurised2540 kg
Fuel620 kg
Gaseous46 kg (oxygen)
Water420 kg

Progress MS-15 (Russian : Прогресс МC-15), Russian production No. 444, identified by NASA as Progress 76P, was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). This was the 167th flight of a Progress spacecraft. [5]

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History

The Progress-MS is an uncrewed freighter based on the Progress-M featuring improved avionics. This improved variant first launched on 21 December 2015. It has the following improvements: [5] [6] [7]

Launch

A Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle was used to launch Progress MS-15 to the International Space Station. Progress MS-15 was launched at 14:26:21 UTC from Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31 on a fast-track trajectory. Following a nominal launch, Progress MS-15 docked with the Pirs port on the ISS two orbits later at 17:45:00 UTC. [3] [8]

Docking

Around 3 hours 20 minutes after the launch, Progress MS-15 successfully docked automatically at the nadir port of the Pirs module at 17:45:00 UTC, [3] [8] [9] where it remained until February 2021. [4] After its mission was completed, Progress MS-15 departed and re-entered the Earth's atmosphere for destruction over the South Pacific Ocean. [4]

Cargo

The Progress MS-15 spacecraft delivered 2,540 kg (5,600 lb) of cargo, with 1,430 kg (3,150 lb) of this being dry cargo. The following is a breakdown of cargo bound for the ISS: [1]

Undocking and decay

The Progress MS-15 remained docked at the station through on 9 February 2021, when it departed with trash and re-entered the Earth's atmosphere for destruction over the South Pacific Ocean. [4] The Pirs module, originally scheduled to be removed and discarded at the end of this mission, [10] [11] will stay attached to the station until the arrival of the Nauka module.

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