Progress M-14M
Progress M-14M approaches the ISS on 27 January 2012.
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| Mission type | ISS resupply |
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| Operator | Roskosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2012-004A |
| SATCAT no. | 38073 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M 11F615A60 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 25 January 2012, 23:06 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 28 April 2012 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Pirs |
| Docking date | 28 January 2012 |
| Undocking date | 19 April 2012, 11:04 UTC |
| Cargo | |
| Fuel | 539 kg (1,188 lb) |
| Gaseous | 50 kg (110 lb) |
| Water | 420 kg (930 lb) |
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Progress ISS Resupply
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Progress M-14M (Russian: Прогресс М-14М), identified by NASA as Progress 46 or 46P, is a Progress spacecraft which was used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station during 2012. The fourteenth Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft, it had the serial number 414 and was built by RKK Energia. Upon its arrival in late January, it delivered supplies to the Expedition 30 crew aboard the space station, where it remained docked until 19 April.
Progress M-14M was launched at 23:06 UTC on 25 January 2012. It was launched from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket. In preparation for the launch, the spacecraft was fuelled at Site 31 on 18 January, before being moved to Site 254 for final assembly, and mating with the third stage and fairing. This was mated to the lower stages of the carrier rocket at Site 112 on 23 January, and rolled out to the launch pad at 01:00 UTC on 24 January.
About 529 seconds after launch, the spacecraft separated from the Soyuz-U into a low Earth orbit with a target perigee of 193 kilometres (120 mi), apogee of 275 kilometres (171 mi) and 51.66 degrees of inclination.
It spent a little over two days in free-flight, during which time it conducted two main engine burns and a firing of its manoeuvring thrusters to raise its orbit before docking with the Pirs module of the International Space Station on 28 January at around 00:09 UTC; the docking port having been vacated by Progress M-13M on 23 January.
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