Progress M-49
Progress M-49 departing the ISS
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| Mission type | ISS resupply |
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| Operator | Roskosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2004-019A |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M 11F615A55 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 25 May 2004, 12:34:23 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 30 July 2004, 11:23:35 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Zvezda Aft |
| Docking date | 27 May 2004, 13:54:43 UTC |
| Undocking date | 30 July 2004, 06:04:48 UTC |
| Time docked | 2 months |
Progress M-49, identified by NASA as Progress 14 or 14P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 249.
Progress M-49 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 12:34:23 GMT on 25 May 2004. The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 13:54:43 GMT on 27 May. It remained docked for two months before undocking at 06:04:48 GMT on 30 July 2004 to make way for Progress M-50. It was deorbited at 10:37:00 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 11:23:35 GMT.
Progress M-49 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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