Progress M-63
{{Short description|Russian cargo spacecraft}}
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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = Progress M-63
| image = Progress M-63.jpg
| image_caption = Progress M-63 approaching the ISS.
| mission_type = ISS resupply
| operator = Roskosmos
| COSPAR_ID = 2008-004A
| SATCAT = 32484
| mission_duration = 62 days
| spacecraft_type = Progress-M s/n 363
| manufacturer = RKK Energia
| dry_mass =
| launch_mass =
| launch_date = 5 February 2008, 13:02 UTC
| launch_rocket = Soyuz-U
| launch_site = Baikonur, Site 1/5
| disposal_type = Deorbited
| decay_date = 7 April 2008, 12:36 UTC
| orbit_epoch = 5 February 2008
| orbit_reference = Geocentric
| orbit_regime = Low Earth
| orbit_periapsis = 333 km
| orbit_apoapsis = 343 km
| orbit_inclination = 51.6°
| orbit_period = 91.29 minutes
| apsis = gee
| docking =
{{Infobox spaceflight/Dock
| docking_target = ISS
| docking_type = dock
| docking_port = Pirs
| docking_date = 7 February 2008, 14:38 UTC
| undocking_date = 7 April 2008, 08:49 UTC
| time_docked = 60 days
}}
| cargo_mass = 2326 kg
| cargo_mass_press = 1326.6 kg (dry cargo)
| cargo_mass_fuel = 528.5 kg
| cargo_mass_gas = 46 kg (oxygen and air)
| cargo_mass_water = 419.5 kg
| programme = Progress ISS Resupply
| previous_mission = Progress M-62
| next_mission = Progress M-64
}}
Progress M-63 ({{langx|ru|Прогресс М-63|italic=yes}}), identified by NASA as Progress 28P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 363.
Launch
Progress M-63 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 13:02 UTC on 5 February 2008.{{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=2009-06-05}}
Docking
The spacecraft docked with the Pirs module at 14:38 UTC on 7 February 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proressm.htm|title=Progress M|last=Wade |first=Mark|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|access-date=2009-06-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710175743/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proressm.htm|archive-date=2009-07-10}} Pirs had been vacated by the departure of Progress M-62 which had undocked on 4 February 2008.[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition16/exp16_p28.html NASA: Progress 28] {{PD-notice}} Progress M-63 successfully docked using the automated Kurs system; cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko was standing by to guide it in using the backup manual TORU system should it have been necessary. Progress M-63 remained docked for 60 days before undocking at 08:49 UTC on 7 April 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress.html|title=Progress cargo ship|last=Zak|first=Anatoly|publisher=RussianSpaceWeb|access-date=2009-06-05}} It was deorbited at 11:50 UTC on 7 April 2008. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 12:36 UTC.{{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=2009-06-05}}
Progress M-63 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. Its cargo consisted of over {{convert|528.5|kg}} of propellant, {{convert|46|kg}} of oxygen and air, approximately {{convert|419.5|kg}} of water and {{convert|1326.6|kg}} of dry cargo. The total mass of its cargo was {{convert|2326|kg}}.
See also
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References
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- [http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=11009. Progress M-63]
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