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Progress M-21M

Russian cargo spacecraft. Progress M-21M was launched on November 25, 2013 aboard a Soyuz-U-PVB from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Nov 29, 2013).

COSPAR 2013-069ANORAD 39456Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Progress M-21M
Payload designation
Progress 7K-TGM No.421
Other names
ISS 53P
International designator
2013-069A
NORAD catalog number
39456
GCAT identifier
S39456
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/709

Mission

Mission type
Human spaceflight
Use
Civil government
Program
Progress MM
Owner
RKKE
Country
Russia
Builder
CSDB-Progress Factory
Platform (bus)
7K-TGM

Launch

Date
November 25, 2013 · 20:53 UTC
Launch record
2013-069Success
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC31

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
383 km
Apogee
411 km
Inclination
51.66°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
November 29, 2013
Last known active
Jun 9, 2014
End of operations
Jun 9, 2014

Size

Mass
7,283 kg
Dry mass
4,325 kg
Length
7.9 m
Diameter
2.70 m
Span
7.9 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q15230040 (CC0).