Progress M-48
Progress M-48 approaching the ISS
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| Mission type | ISS resupply |
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| Operator | Roskosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2003-039A |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M 11F615A55 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 29 August 2003, 01:47:59 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 28 January 2004, 13:57:12 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Zvezda Aft |
| Docking date | 31 August 2003, 03:40:45 UTC |
| Undocking date | 28 January 2004, 08:35:56 UTC |
| Time docked | 5 months |
Progress M-48, identified by NASA as Progress 12 or 12P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 248.
Progress M-48 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 01:47:59 GMT on 29 August 2003. The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 03:40:45 GMT on 31 August. It remained docked for five months before undocking at 08:35:56 GMT on 28 January 2004 to make way for Progress M1-11. It was deorbited at 13:11 GMT on the same day. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 13:57:12 GMT.
Progress M-48 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.
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