Progress M-52

{{Short description|Russian cargo spacecraft}}

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{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Progress M-52

| image = Progress M-52.jpg

| image_caption = Progress M-52 departing the ISS.

| mission_type = ISS resupply

| operator = Roskosmos

| COSPAR_ID = 2005-007A

| SATCAT = 28624

| mission_duration = 108 days

| spacecraft_type = Progress-M s/n 352

| manufacturer = RKK Energia

| launch_mass =

| launch_date = 28 February 2005, 19:09:18 UTC

| launch_rocket = Soyuz-U

| launch_site = Baikonur, Site 1/5

| disposal_type = Deorbited

| decay_date = 16 June 2005, 00:02:41 UTC

| orbit_epoch = 28 February 2005

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Low Earth

| orbit_periapsis = 193 km

| orbit_apoapsis = 245 km

| orbit_inclination = 51.7°

| orbit_period = 88.6 minutes

| apsis = gee

| docking =

{{Infobox spaceflight/Dock

| docking_target = ISS

| docking_type = dock

| docking_port = Zvezda aft

| docking_date = 2 March 2005, 20:10:08 UTC

| undocking_date = 15 June 2005, 20:16:10 UTC

| time_docked = 105 days

}}

| cargo_mass = 2500 kg

| cargo_mass_press =

| cargo_mass_fuel =

| cargo_mass_gas =

| cargo_mass_water =

| programme = Progress ISS Resupply

| previous_mission = Progress M-51

| next_mission = Progress M-53

}}

Progress M-52 ({{langx|ru|Прогресс М-52|italic=yes}}), identified by NASA as Progress 17P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 352.{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launch Log|last=McDowell |first=Jonathan|author-link=Jonathan McDowell|publisher=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=2009-06-06}}

Launch

Progress M-52 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 19:09:18 UTC on 28 February 2005.

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the port of the Zvezda aft module at 20:10:08 UTC on 2 March 2005.{{cite web|url=http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm52.sht|first=Alexander |last=Anikeev|publisher=Manned Astronautics - Figures and Facts|title=Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-52"|access-date=2009-06-06|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010060439/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm52.sht|archive-date=2007-10-10}}{{cite web |url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proressm.htm|title=Progress M|last=Wade|first=Mark|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|access-date=2009-06-06|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710175743/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proressm.htm|archive-date=2009-07-10}} It remained docked for 105 days before undocking at 20:16:10 UTC on 15 June 2005 to make way for Progress M-53.{{cite web|url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress.html|title=Progress cargo ship|last=Zak|first=Anatoly|publisher=RussianSpaceWeb |access-date=2009-06-06}} It was deorbited at 23:16:00 UTC on 15 June 2005. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 00:02:41 UTC on 16 June 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt|title=Satellite Catalog|last=McDowell|first=Jonathan |publisher=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=2009-06-06}}

Progress M-52 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. It also carried the TNS-0 (2005-007C) nanosatellite, which was deployed from the ISS on 28 February 2005 at 19:09:18 UTC.

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