Progress M-15M

 2012-015A

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Vehicle 11F615A60 415, mission 47P, Upgraded with improved MMOD shields and a new Kurs-NA rendezvous system which will be tested in a redocking exercise. Kurs-NA is lower mass, uses less power and does not require retraction during docking.

Carries Sfera-53 satellite support structure and satellite. Sfera-53 was to be stowed in Pirs and then deployed on EVA 31. 17KS.300Yu9220-0.

Mass 7287 kg, with 880 kg prop. Cargo 2356 kg

 

PM15M
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2012 Apr 20	1250:24	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1255	Blok A sep
	1259	Blok I MECO
	1259:13	Blok-I sep	88.67 187 x 230 x 51.6
	1332:26	DV1 69s 27.4m/s	89.71 223 x 296 x 51.6
	1408:33	DV2 19s 7.2m/s	89.96 247 x 296 x 51.6
	1638:59	DV3 SKD 20s 7.2m/s	90.02 255 x 295 x 51.7
	1723:36	DV4 SKD 10s 3.9m/s	90.03 246 x 305 x 51.7
2012 Apr 21	1412:24	DV5 24s 1.6m/s	90.07 252 x 302 x 51.7
2012 Apr 22	0400		90.07 250 x 304 x 51.6
2012 Apr 22	1439:32	Docked with Pirs
		HO to ISS
2012 Apr 23			92.39 386 x 396 x 51.6
2012 Jul 20		HC
2012 Jul 22	2026:00	Undock from Pirs
	2028	Sep burn
2012 Jul 23	0500s	Retro burn
2012 Jul 29
		Rendezvous with ISS for Kurs-NA test
	0032	Braking
	0038	Begin flyaround at 600m
	0051	Complete flyaround
	0051	150m? Begin final approach
	0053	100m and closing
	0058	20m to Pirs
	0100	2m range
	0101	Docking with Pirs
	0111	Hard dock
		HO
2012 Jul 6		Remove Kurs-NA avionics box for Soyuz return
2012 Jul 30		HC
	2119	Undocked
	2122	Sep-1 burn
2012 Aug 2		Radar-Progress experiments
2012 Aug 6	2020	30s burn 5m/s
2012 Aug 7	2029	15s burn 2.5m/s
2012 Aug 8	1850:50	29s 5m/s
2012 Aug 9	1900:50	29s 5m/s
2012 Aug 10	1812:20	6s 1.2m/s
2012 Aug 11	1650:30	29s 5m/s
2012 Aug 11	1720:30	29s 5m/s
2012 Aug 12	1710:20	29s 5m/s
2012 Aug 12	1715:20	29s 5m/s
2012 Aug 20	1517	Go for deorbit
	1522:00	DO burn 167.1s 89.3 m/s
	1524:47	DO CO
	1612	Impact Pacific 51 00 S 127 48W