 Progress M-18M approaches the ISS on 11 February 2013. | |
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roskosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2013-007A |
| SATCAT no. | 39082 |
| Mission duration | 165 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M s/n 418 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Launch mass | 6950 kg |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 11 February 2013, 14:41:46 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 26 July 2013, 00:42 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 401 km |
| Apogee altitude | 417 km |
| Inclination | 51.6° |
| Period | 92.74 minutes |
| Epoch | 11 February 2013[1] |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Pirs |
| Docking date | 12 February 2013, 20:35 UTC |
| Undocking date | 25 July 2013, 20:43 UTC |
| Time docked | 164 days |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 2638 kg |
| Pressurised | 1368 kg (dry cargo) |
| Fuel | 346 kg |
| Gaseous | 50 kg |
| Water | 420 kg |
Progress ISS Resupply | |
Progress M-18M (‹See Tfd›Russian: Прогресс М-18М), identified by NASA as Progress 50P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station during 2013. Progress M-18M was sent on a four-orbit rendezvous profile that was already demonstrated by the Progress M-16M and Progress M-17M spacecraft in 2012.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 31 October 2013.