Progress M-1
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Progress M-1, was a Soviet
unmanned cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1989 to resupply the Mir
space station. The eighteenth of sixty four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it was the first Progress-M
spacecraft to be launched, and had the serial number
201. It carried supplies including food, water and oxygen for the EO-5
crew aboard Mir, as well as equipment for conducting scientific research, and fuel for adjusting the station's orbit and performing manoeuvres. At the time of docking, Mir was unmanned, and remained so until the arrival of the EO-5
crew two weeks later.
Progress M-1 was launched at 03:09:32 GMT on 23 August 1989, atop a Soyuz-U2
carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5
at the Baikonur Cosmodrome
. It docked with the forward port of Mir's Core
module at 05:19:02 GMT on 25 August. During the time it was docked, Mir was in an orbit of around 376 by. Progress M-1 remained docked with Mir for three months before undocking at 09:02:23 GMT on 1 December to make way for the Kvant-2
module.
Progress M-1 was deorbited at 10:32:00 GMT, a few hours after it had undocked. It burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean
, with remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 11:21 GMT.
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unmanned cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1989 to resupply the Mir
Mir
Mir was a space station operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, at first by the Soviet Union and then by Russia. Assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996, Mir was the first modular space station and had a greater mass than that of any previous spacecraft, holding the record for the...
space station. The eighteenth of sixty four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it was the first Progress-M
Progress-M
Progress-M , also known as Progress 7K-TGM, is a Russian, previously Soviet spacecraft which is used to resupply space stations. It is a variant of the Progress spacecraft, originally built in the late 1980s as a modernised version of the Progress 7K-TG spacecraft, using new systems developed for...
spacecraft to be launched, and had the serial number
Serial number
A serial number is a unique number assigned for identification which varies from its successor or predecessor by a fixed discrete integer value...
201. It carried supplies including food, water and oxygen for the EO-5
Mir EO-5
Mir EO-5 was the 5th long duration expedition to the space station Mir, which lasted from September 1989 to February 1990. The two person crew was launched and landed in the spacecraft Soyuz TM-8, which remained docked to Mir throughout the mission. The crew are often referred to as the Soyuz TM-8...
crew aboard Mir, as well as equipment for conducting scientific research, and fuel for adjusting the station's orbit and performing manoeuvres. At the time of docking, Mir was unmanned, and remained so until the arrival of the EO-5
Mir EO-5
Mir EO-5 was the 5th long duration expedition to the space station Mir, which lasted from September 1989 to February 1990. The two person crew was launched and landed in the spacecraft Soyuz TM-8, which remained docked to Mir throughout the mission. The crew are often referred to as the Soyuz TM-8...
crew two weeks later.
Progress M-1 was launched at 03:09:32 GMT on 23 August 1989, atop a Soyuz-U2
Soyuz-U2
The Soyuz-U2 was a Soviet, later Russian, carrier rocket. It was derived from the Soyuz-U, and a member of the R-7 family of rockets...
carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5
Gagarin's Start
Gagarin's Start is a launch site at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, used for the Soviet space program and now managed by the Russian Federal Space Agency....
at the Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome
The Baikonur Cosmodrome , also called Tyuratam, is the world's first and largest operational space launch facility. It is located in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan, about east of the Aral Sea, north of the Syr Darya river, near Tyuratam railway station, at 90 meters above sea level...
. It docked with the forward port of Mir's Core
Mir Core Module
Mir , DOS-7, was the first module of the Soviet/Russian Mir space station complex, in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001. Generally referred to as either the core module or base block, the module was launched on 20 February 1986 on a Proton-K rocket from LC-200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome...
module at 05:19:02 GMT on 25 August. During the time it was docked, Mir was in an orbit of around 376 by. Progress M-1 remained docked with Mir for three months before undocking at 09:02:23 GMT on 1 December to make way for the Kvant-2
Kvant-2
Kvant-2 was the third module and second major addition to the Mir space station. Its primary purpose was to deliver new science experiments, better life support systems, and an airlock to Mir. It was launched on November 26, 1989 on a Proton rocket. It docked to Mir on December 6...
module.
Progress M-1 was deorbited at 10:32:00 GMT, a few hours after it had undocked. It burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
, with remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 11:21 GMT.