Launch News Progress M-15M atop Soyuz-U on April 20, 2012

SiberianTiger · Apr 19, 2012

Progress M-15M will deliver about 2.3 t of cargo to the ISS.

Launch location:

Baikonur Launch pad no. 31/6 45°59'46.16"N, 63°33'51.29"E

Launch dates and times:

[table="head"]{colsp=6}Launch times

Time Zone|

Australia - Sydney/AEST (UTC+11)

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Baikonur / UTC+6

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Moscow / MSKS (UTC+4)/

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Universal / UTC+1

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Washington / EDT (UTC-4)

Launch time (Primary):

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11:50:24 p.m.

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18:50:24

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16:50:24

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12:50:24

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8:50:24 a.m.

on:

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Apr. 20, 2012

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Apr. 20, 2012

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Apr. 20, 2012

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Apr. 20, 2012

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Apr. 20, 2012

Launch time (Backup):

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11:27:51 p.m.

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18:27:51

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16:27:51

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12:27:51

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8:27:51 a.m.

on:

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Apr. 21, 2012

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Apr. 21, 2012

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Apr. 21, 2012

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Apr. 21, 2012

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Apr. 21, 2012

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[table="head"]{colsp=6}Docking times

Time Zone|

Australia - Sydney/AEST (UTC+11)

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Moscow / MSKS (UTC+4)/

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Universal / UTC

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Washington / EST (UTC-5)

Docking time (Primary):

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1:40:43 a.m. +3 min

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18:40:43 +3 min

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14:40:43 +3 min

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10:40:43 a.m. +3 min

on:

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Apr. 23, 2012

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Apr. 22, 2012

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Apr. 22, 2012

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Apr. 22, 2012

Docking time (Backup):

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11:50 p.m. +3 min

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16:50 +3 min

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12:50 +3 min

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8:50 a.m. +3 min

on:

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Apr. 24, 2012

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Apr. 24, 2012

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Apr. 24, 2012

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Apr. 24, 2012

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Live Coverage Of The Launch:

NASA TV: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html (since 8:30 a.m. EDT / 12:30 UTC)
TSENKI Video Streams: http://www.tsenki.com/broadcast/broadcast/ - coverage since 14:40 MSKS (10:40 UTC)
Vesti (short stand-up right before launch): http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=onair

Progress M-15M (industry id 11F615A60 #415, NASA id Progress 47P) cargo spaceship

Cargo Manifest

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Refueling system propellants amount     648 kg
* Oxygen                                 19 kg
* Oxygen                                 28 kg
Water in Rodnik ("Creek") system tanks  420 kg

Pressured section cargo (total mass 1241 kg)

Equpiment for systems:
* SOGS atmosphere composition control    47 kg
* SVO water supply control               34 kg
* SOTR heat exchange conrtol             20 kg
* SUBA onboard equipment control         21 kg
* SEP electric supply control             4 kg
* SBI onboard measurements control        2 kg
* BITS2-12 telemetry                     16 kg

STOR maintenance and repair items         3 kg
SGO Hygiene and sanitation items        114 kg
SIZ Individual protection                60 kg
Food rations, fresh products            344 kg
Medical equipment, underwear,
personal hygiene and care, station
air purity checking and cleaning        142 kg

FGB Zarya equipment                     179 kg
MRM-1 Rassvet equipment                  41 kg
DC-1 Pirs equipment                       1 kg

Scientific equipment for experiments "Tipologiya",
"Poligen","Bioemulsiya","BIF","ARIL",
"OChB","Plasma Crystal 3-Plus",
"Phyzika-Obrazovaniye"                    9 kg

Onboard documentation, crew parcel,
video and photo equipment                29 kg
A special delivery for Russian
crewmembers                             137 kg

American food rations delivery           38 kg

Total cargo mass                       2356 kg

Mission Profile

Ascent Chart:

1. Approach and Docking Chart:

The times below are Moscow Time (UTC+4), commas separate fractional part of numbers:

The expected payload separation time: 16h 59m 13.7s

2. Orbital Parameters of Progress M-15M and the ISS

Parameter|Designation|Prorgess-M-15M at 20/04|ISS at 22/04
Orbital Period|T, min|88,59 +0,37|92,32
Inclination|i, degrees|51,66 +0,06|51,66
Min altitude|h, km|193 +7 -15|387,05
Max altitude|H, km|245 +42|406,83

Phase angle between the space ship and the ISS is about 286 degrees
Projected duration of the space ship at the nominal orbit is no less than 20 orbits (~30 hrs)

3. Transfer manoeuvres
(two days long approach scheme applied)

* Nominal two-burn manoeuvre and two-burn orbit phasing correction

Date|Burn at|Orbit #|Delta V, m/s|Burn duration, s|post-burn T,min|post-burn i,deg|post-burn h,km|post-burn H,km
20.04.12|17:34:56|1|26,69|67,2|89,51|51,64|227,7|284,0
20.04.12|18:15:21|2|7,76|20,4|89,77|51,65|253,2|284,7
20.04.12|20:42:23|3|3,00|8,7|89,87|51,62|256,6|294,7
20.04.12|21:27:26|4|3,00|8,7|89,97|51,62|263,5|295,0

* The 2nd day's one-burn correction

Date|Burn at|Orbit #|Delta V, m/s|Burn duration, s|post-burn T,min|post-burn i,deg|post-burn h,km|post-burn H,km
21.04.12|18:11:52|18|2,00|29,3|90,03|51,66|269,8|295,4

Autonomous approach program is initiated at 16:24:24

4. Approach at the Close range

Flyaround, station keeping and docking are to be performed on April 22nd, 2012 since 18 hrs 22 min 16 sec +3 min till making contact

5. Docking

Contact and capture are to be performed on April 22nd, 2012 at 18 hrs 40 min 43 sec +3

Docking is performed to DC-1 Pirs -Y docking node

Launch Vehicle:

[table="head"]{colsp=2}Characteristics

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Soyuz-U

Prime contractor:

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Samara Space Sentre (Energia Holding enterprise)

GRAU Index:

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11A511U

Height:

| 51.1 m

Diameter:

| max 10.3 m

Liftoff mass:

| 313 metric tonnes

Payload mass:

| 6.95 tonnes at ISS orbit from Baikonur

1st stage (boosters B, V, G, D):

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4 X RD-117 engines
Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
Thrust/ISP in vacuum - / 316 s
Thrust/ISP at sea level 79.4 tonnes / 253 s
Total 1st stage's thrust at sea level: 411.1 tonnes

2nd stage (core A):

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1 X RD-118 engine
Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
Thrust/ISP in vacuum 102 tonnes / 314 s
Thrust/ISP at sea level 83.5 tonnes / 257 s

3rd stage (block I):

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1 X RD-0110 engine
Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
Thrust/ISP in vacuum 30.38 tonnes / 359 s

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The vehicle's reliability statistics according to http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/log2012.html#rate:

Code:

================================================================ 
Vehicle     Successes/Tries Realzd Pred  Consc. Last     Dates    
                             Rate  Rate* Succes Fail    
================================================================
Soyuz-U         738   758x   .97  .97      2    8/24/11  1973-

Weather forecast for Baikonur, Kazakhstan on April 20, 2012 (7 p.m.)

Time|Temps|Wind|Chill|Heat Index|UV Index|Dew Point|Relative Humidity|Precip|Snow|Clouds|Visibility|Wind|Weather
7 PM|27°C|27°C|26°C|0|Low|1°C|18%|0%|0%|37%|16KM|NE 1.8 m/s|

P Cloudy

Forecasted cloud map downrange

Lighting conditions

Times are local.

Orbiter Launch scenario

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Code:

BEGIN_DESC
Progress M-15M to ISS, Launched from LC 31.

Note: I have only added FGB Zarya in place of the ISS in present day configuration. Its purpose is to mark the approximate real position of the ISS. Feel free to add more modules and spacecraft for realism.
END_DESC

BEGIN_ENVIRONMENT
  System Sol
  Date MJD 56037.533623
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BEGIN_FOCUS
  Ship BlockI
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BEGIN_CAMERA
  TARGET BlockI
  MODE Extern
  POS 5.82 -107.89 1.25
  TRACKMODE Ground Earth
  GROUNDLOCATION 63.56146 45.99494 27.74
  FOV 30.00
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BEGIN_SHIPS
ProgressM-15M:ISSR\Progress_M1
  STATUS Landed Earth
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  HEADING 96.22
  ATTACHED 0:0,BlockI
  AFCMODE 7
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000 1:0.446000 2:0.400000 3:0.686000 4:0.942000
  NAVFREQ 0 0
  CAM 0 0.0000 1
  SOL_DEP 0 0.0000 1
  ENG_COV 0 0.0000 1 0 0
  VKA 0 0.0000 1
  PROBE 0 0.0000 1 0.0000
  LIGHT 1 0
  BATTERY 39982.1604 95.1956
  SHOWDATA 1
  DEPLOY 60.0000
  TRACK 0
  INIT 1
  TARGET 
  CURDOCK 0
  IMP 3
  FEED 0
END
Fairing1:r7_SZ\TMA_fairing
  STATUS Landed Earth
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000
  =========== VESSEL2M vars 
  FTYPE 1
  MESHNAME1 r7_SZ\PF01
  MASS 586.000000
END
Fairing2:r7_SZ\TMA_fairing
  STATUS Landed Earth
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000
  =========== VESSEL2M vars 
  FTYPE 1
  MESHNAME1 r7_SZ\PF02
  MASS 586.000000
END
BlockI:r7_SZ\BlockI
  STATUS Landed Earth
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000
  =========== VESSEL2M vars 
  =========== BLOCK I vars 
  ORBIT 245.000000 193.000000 51.660000
  PAYLOAD ProgressM-15M
  PREF 0.000000 0.000000 -3.000000
  FAIRING1 Fairing2
  FREF1 -1.250000 0.000000 -3.000000
  FROT1 0.000000 -1.000000 0.000000
  FAIRING2 Fairing1
  FREF2 -1.250000 0.000000 -3.000000
  FROT2 0.000000 1.000000 0.000000
END
BlockB:r7_SZ\BlockBD
  STATUS Landed Earth
  PRPLEVEL 0:0.942676
  =========== VESSEL2M vars 
  =========== BLOCK BD vars 
  BODY_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BlockBD
END
BlockV:r7_SZ\BlockBD
  STATUS Landed Earth
  PRPLEVEL 0:0.942676
  =========== VESSEL2M vars 
  =========== BLOCK BD vars 
  BODY_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BlockBD
END
BlockG:r7_SZ\BlockBD
  STATUS Landed Earth
  PRPLEVEL 0:0.942676
  =========== VESSEL2M vars 
  =========== BLOCK BD vars 
  BODY_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BlockBD
END
BlockD:r7_SZ\BlockBD
  STATUS Landed Earth
  PRPLEVEL 0:0.942676
  =========== VESSEL2M vars 
  =========== BLOCK BD vars 
  BODY_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BlockBD
END
Launcher:r7_SZ\BlockA
  STATUS Landed Earth
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000
  =========== VESSEL2M vars 
  =========== BLOCK A vars 
  ADAPTER_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BlockIAdapter
  BODY_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BlockA
  PAYLOAD BlockI
  PREF 0.000000 0.000000 -4.250000
  BLOCK_B BlockB
  BLOCK_V BlockV
  BLOCK_G BlockG
  BLOCK_D BlockD
  TRJ_ORBIT 245.000000 193.000000 51.660000
END
Launchpad:r7_SZ\Launchpad31
  STATUS Landed Earth
  PRPLEVEL 0:1.000000
  =========== VESSEL2M vars 
  =========== LAUNCHPAD vars 
  FUELING_MAST 1.000000
  BOOMS_MESHNAME r7_SZ\BoomF
  CABLEMAST_MESHNAME r7_SZ\CableMast
  FUELMAST_MESHNAME r7_SZ\FuelMastF
  TABLETOP_MESHNAME r7_SZ\TableTop31
  LAUNCHER Launcher
  TIMER -118.962800
  ORBIT 193.000000 245.000000 51.660000
  LIGHT 600.0000
END
kmlWriter:r7_SZ\kmlWriter
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  =========== VESSEL2M vars 
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ISS:ISSR\Zarya
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  PRPLEVEL 0:0.500000 1:0.500000
  NAVFREQ 0 0
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Simulated boosting phase screenshot

References
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/progress_m14m.htm
http://www.federalspace.ru
http://tvroscosmos.ru
http://www.tsenki.com
http://www.samspace.ru
http://www.npoenergomash.ru/engines/
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Forecast.aspx
http://www.good-stuff.co.uk/suntimes/sunmap.php
http://www.orbithangar.com

SiberianTiger · Apr 19, 2012

Launch campaign pictures

Launch campaign videos

Preps.

Loading cargo.

Rolling out and erection.

orb · Apr 20, 2012

NASASpaceflight: Progress M-14M bids farewell to ISS as M-15M prepares to launch

O-F's Calendar event for the launch.

SiberianTiger · Apr 20, 2012

Launch coverage is on air.

One more link in addition to the provided to view the coverage, is: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=361

orb · Apr 20, 2012

The launch coverage has started on NASA TV.

boogabooga · Apr 20, 2012

Success!

Wait, so the first stage and boosters separate at the same time? I though the boosters separate a few seconds before the stage.

N_Molson · Apr 20, 2012

The boosters ARE the first stage, in the Russian nomenclatura system. The core of the rocket is the second stage (look above at SiberianTiger's detailed post).

orb · Apr 20, 2012

Calendar event for docking to ISS. You can request a reminder for it.

C3PO · Apr 20, 2012

boogabooga said:
Wait, so the first stage and boosters separate at the same time? I though the boosters separate a few seconds before the stage.

The boosters are the first stage and separate at 118.78 sec. The ground-started core is the second stage and separates at 287.30 sec.
Third stage shuts down at 525.87 sec.

orb · Apr 20, 2012

Replay of the launch

N_Molson · Apr 20, 2012

SpaceflightNow : Russians successfully launch space station resupply ship

[FONT=VERDANA, ARIAL, HELVETICA, SANS-SERIF][SIZE=+2]Russians successfully launch space station resupply ship[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=VERDANA, ARIAL, HELVETICA, SANS-SERIF][SIZE=-2]BY JUSTIN RAY
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: April 20, 2012[/SIZE][/FONT]

Dispatching a freighter filled with food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station, an unmanned Russian Soyuz booster successfully launched Friday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-2]Main engine ignition. Credit: NASA TV[/SIZE][/FONT]

The booster blasted off carrying the automated Progress vessel from the launch base in Kazakhstan at 8:50:24 a.m. EDT (1250:24 GMT), beginning Russia's second of five cargo delivery missions to the space station in 2012. The preliminary orbit was achieved after a nine-minute ascent provided by the three-stage rocket, and onboard commands were issued to unfurl the craft's communications and navigation antennas and extend two power-generating solar arrays that span 35 feet.

A series of precise engine firings over the next two days will guide the Progress toward an automated rendezvous with the station for docking Sunday at 10:40 a.m. EDT (1440 GMT).

The 24-foot long ship will attach itself to the open port on the Pirs compartment on the underside of the station, which became available Thursday when the previous Progress flew away to fly solo for a few days of engineering tests before its eventual deorbiting into the South Pacific on April 28.

Today's launch was known in the station's assembly matrix as Progress mission 47P. The spacecraft's formal Russian designation is Progress M-15M.

The craft will bring nearly three tons of supplies to the station. The "dry" cargo tucked aboard the Progress amounts to 2,703 pounds in the form of food, spare parts, life support gear and experiment hardware.

The refueling module carries 1,988 pounds of propellant for transfer into the Russian segment of the complex to feed the station's maneuvering thrusters. The vessel also has 926 pounds of water and 110 pounds of oxygen and air.

It'll remain attached to the station through the end of July.

The space station is staffed by the Expedition 30 crew of commander Dan Burbank, NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Russian cosmonauts, Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoly Ivanishin and Oleg Kononenko, and Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers.

The cosmonauts will be standing by Sunday to take over manual control of the approaching Progress spacecraft if the autopilot experiences a problem. They spent time Thursday checking out the backup system.

Russian plans additional Progress missions in 2012 to continue the resupply chain to the space station in July, November and December.

orb · Apr 20, 2012

CBS News Space: Russian Progress cargo ship launched on station resupply mission

SPACE.com: Russia Launches Robot Cargo Ship Toward Space Station

RIA Novosti: Progress Space Freighter Launched from Baikonur

Arianespace: Success of the 1,786th launch of Soyuz

Video of the launch from TV Roscosmos:

orb · Apr 21, 2012

RIA Novosti: Progress Freighter to Dock with Space Station:

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“The docking of the Progress M-15M with the ISS is scheduled to take place at 6:41 pm Moscow time [14:41 GMT] in automatic mode,” the spokesman said.

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Cosmic Penguin · Apr 22, 2012

Progress M-15M is now closing in to the docking port on the Pirs module. Now about 5 minutes to docking.

orb · Apr 22, 2012

Contact occurred at 14:39:32 UTC over northern China.

Florida Today: Russian cargo ship docks with ISS

Spaceflight Now: Space station welcomes Russian cargo ship arrival

NASASpaceflight: Progress M-15M docks to ISS amid busy period of visiting vehicle activities, by Orbinaut Pete

RIA Novosti: Progress Freighter Docks with Space Station

SPACE.com: Russian Robotic Supply Ship Docks at Space Station

orb · Apr 22, 2012

Docking videos

N_Molson · Apr 22, 2012

Well done Russia ! :thumbup:

orb · Jul 22, 2012

Aviation Week: Progress Departs ISS for One Day KURS-NA Rendezvous System Test

Spaceflight Now: Mission Status Center:

2026 GMT (4:26 p.m. EDT)UNDOCKING. The Russian Progress M-15M vehicle just left the International Space Station, setting the stage for tomorrow's redocking to test an advanced autopilot rendezvous system.

The craft will retreat about 100 miles away from the space station before initiating the approach back at 7:38 p.m. EDT tomorrow evening. The Kurs-NA system gets activated at 8:09 p.m. An hour later, the autopilot equipment on both the Progress and Zvezda service module will test the link between each other at a distance of 9.3 miles.

After a series of breaking maneuvers to slow the approach, the freighter will perform a flyaround maneuver of the station at 9:38 p.m. and then perform a brief stationkeeping hold to verify all systems are go for final approach starting at 9:47 for docking 10 minutes later at 9:57 p.m. EDT.

MattBaker · Jul 22, 2012

Is there any information how much mass they would save (and could use for supplies) and from which craft it's in serial-production?

orb · Jul 24, 2012

NASASpaceflight: Progress M-15M re-dock to ISS to test new antenna hardware aborted, by Orbinaut Pete

CBS News Space: Progress re-docking called off after new antenna has problems:

An attempt to re-dock an unmanned Russian Progress supply ship with the International Space Station was aborted by the ship's flight computer Monday night when a new rendezvous system failed to operate as expected, flight controllers said.

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Spaceflight Now: Mission Status Center:

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The issue occurred at 8:23 p.m. EDT (0123 GMT) while the KURS-NA was being activated, putting the vehicle into a passive abort mode as designed under safety protocols. The abort happened when the two spacecraft were 9.3 miles apart, and the Progress entered a "return trajectory" to prepare for another try at rendezvous once the problem is resolved.

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RIA Novosti: Another Progress Freighter Re-Docking Attempt Set for July 29:

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“Another attempt to dock Progress with the space station is scheduled for 5 am Moscow time (01:00 GMT) on July 29,” the Mission Control Center spokesman said.

The failure of the Kurs-NA system triggered a passive abort - a standard procedure that took the Progress spacecraft to a safe distance of about 1.8 miles below the space station where it will remain until July 29.

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Aviation Week: Progress 47/ISS Re-dock Aborted by Rendezvous System Test Problem

SPACE.com: Unmanned Russian Supply Ship Fails to Dock at Space Station

Discovery News: Russian ISS Supply Ship Fails to Dock

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