Progress M-27M

Progress M-27M
Mission typeInternational Space Station resupply
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2015-024A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.40619
Mission duration10 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeProgress-M s/n 427
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Launch mass7289 kg
Start of mission
Launch date28 April 2015, 07:09:50 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-2.1a
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 31/6
ContractorProgress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
DisposalUncontrolled reentry
Decay date08 May 2015, 02:04 UTC [2]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric[3]
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude193 km
Apogee altitude238 km
Inclination51.67°
Period88.53 minutes
Epoch28 April 2015
Docking with ISS
Docking portPirs
Docking date28 April 2015,
13:06:39 UTC (planned)[citation needed]
Undocking dateDocking annulled
Cargo
Mass2357 kg
Pressurised1393 kg
Fuel879 kg
Gaseous50 kg
Water420 kg
Progress ISS Resupply

Progress M-27M (Russian: Прогресс М-27М), identified by NASA as Progress 59P, was a Progress spacecraft used by Roscosmos in an unsuccessful attempt to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015.[4]

  1. ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. ^ "РОСКОСМОС: ТГК "ПРОГРЕСС М-27М" ПРЕКРАТИЛ СУЩЕСТВОВАНИЕ". federalspace.ru. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  3. ^ Peat, Chris (29 April 2015). "PROGRESS-M 27M - Orbit". Heavens-Above. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  4. ^ Chris Bergin (28 April 2015). "Russian Progress M-27M suffering in space – wild rotational spin observed". NASASpaceflight.com.