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Progress M-53

Progress spacecraft. Progress M-53 was launched on June 16, 2005 aboard a Soyuz-U-PVB from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Jun 19, 2005).

COSPAR 2005-021ANORAD 28700Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Progress M-53
Payload designation
Progress 7K-TGM No. 353
Other names
ISS 18P
International designator
2005-021A
NORAD catalog number
28700
GCAT identifier
S28700
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/479

Mission

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

Launch

Date
June 16, 2005 · 23:09 UTC
Launch record
2005-021Success
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC1

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
347 km
Apogee
352 km
Inclination
51.64°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
June 19, 2005
Last known active
Sep 7, 2005
End of operations
Sep 7, 2005

Size

Mass
7,260 kg
Dry mass
4,600 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 Q4379854 (CC0).