Progress M-MIM2

{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Progress M-MIM2

| image = Progress M-MRM2.jpg

| image_caption = Progress M-MIM2 and Poisk as seen by Expedition 21.

| names_list = Прогресс М-МИМ2
Progress M-MRM2
Progress M-SO2

| mission_type = Poisk module delivery

| operator = Roscosmos

| mission_duration = {{time interval|10 November 2009 14:22:04|8 December 2009 05:27|show=dh}}

| spacecraft = Progress M No. 302

| spacecraft_type = Progress-M (modified)

| manufacturer = Energia

| launch_mass = {{cvt|7150|kg}}

| payload_mass = {{cvt|4380|kg}}

| launch_date = {{Start date text|10 November 2009, 14:22:04|timezone=yes}} UTC{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launch Log|first=Jonathan|last=McDowell|work=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=22 January 2014}}

| launch_rocket = Soyuz-U

| launch_site = Baikonur, Site 1/5

| launch_contractor = RKT Progress

| disposal_type = Deorbited

| decay_date = {{End date text|8 December 2009, 05:27|timezone=yes}} UTC

| orbit_reference = Geocentric orbit

| orbit_regime = Low Earth orbit

| apsis = gee

| orbit_periapsis = {{cvt|336|km}}

| orbit_apoapsis = {{cvt|344|km}}

| orbit_inclination = 51.6°

| orbit_period = 91.33 minutes

| orbit_epoch = 18 November 2009{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt|title=Satellite Catalog|first=Jonathan|last=McDowell|work=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=22 January 2014}}

| docking = {{Infobox spaceflight/Dock

| docking_target = ISS

| docking_type = dock

| docking_port = Zvezda nadir

| docking_date = 12 November 2009| undocking_date = 8 December 2009| time_docked = {{time interval|12 November 2009, 15:41|8 December 2009, 00:16|show=dhm|sep=,}} (delivery craft)

}}

| payload_items = {{Unbulleted list

| Poisk: {{cvt|3580|kg}}

| Cargo: {{cvt|800|kg}}

}}

| programme = Progress flights

| previous_mission = Progress M-03M

| next_mission = Progress M-04M

}}

Progress M-MIM2 ({{Langx|ru|Прогресс М-МИМ2}}, alternatively transliterated as Progress M-MRM2 and originally designated Progress M-SO2) was a specially modified Progress M 11F615A55 spacecraft, Russian production No. 302, which was used to deliver the Poisk (MRM 2) module to the Russian Orbital Segment of the International Space Station.{{cite web|url=http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Russia_Launches_Scientific_Module_To_ISS_999.html|title=Russia Launches Scientific Module To ISS|publisher=Space-Travel.com|date=10 November 2009|access-date=13 November 2009}} It was launched on 10 November 2009 at 14:22:04 UTC. The spacecraft consisted of a Progress M propulsion compartment, with the pressurized cargo section of the spacecraft removed to accommodate Poisk, similar to the Progress M-SO1 spacecraft which was used to deliver the Pirs module to the station in 2001. This was the 126th flight of a Progress spacecraft.{{cite web|url=http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Russia_Launches_Scientific_Module_To_ISS_999.html|title=Russia Launches Scientific Module To ISS|publisher=Space-Travel.com|date=10 November 2009|access-date=13 November 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/jsr/latest.html|title=Issue 618|work=Jonathan's Space Report|last=McDowell|first=Jonathan|publisher=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=13 November 2009}}

Launch

Progress M-MIM2 and Poisk were launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch occurred at 14:22 GMT on 10 November 2009. At launch, Progress M-MIM2 had a total mass of {{convert|7102|kg}}, including the {{convert|3670|kg|adj=on}} Poisk module.{{cite web|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/11/live-russian-module-launch-towards-iss-on-soyuz/|title=Russian module launches via Soyuz for Thursday ISS docking|first=Chris|last=Bergin|publisher=NASASpaceflight.com|date=10 November 2009|access-date=13 November 2009}}

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the zenith port of the International Space Station's Zvezda module on 12 November. Capture occurred at 15:41 GMT,{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp21/091112poisk/|title=Poisk module adds room to International Space Station|first=Stephen|last=Clark|publisher=Spaceflight Now|date=12 November 2009|access-date=13 November 2009}} and initial docking was completed successfully at 15:44.{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/reports/iss_reports/2009/11122009.html|title=ISS On-Orbit Status|publisher=NASA|date=12 November 2009|access-date=13 November 2009}}

Undocking and Decay

At 00:16 GMT on 8 December, Progress M-MIM2 was undocked from Poisk, and at 04:48 GMT its engines ignited to begin a 38-second deorbit burn. It reentered the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean at 05:27, and had broken up by 05:32.{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/reports/iss_reports/2009/12082009_prt.htm|title=ISS On-Orbit Status|publisher=NASA|date=8 December 2009|access-date=20 December 2009}}

Photo gallery

Soyuz Poisk Launch.jpg|The launch of Progress M-MIM2 and Poisk

Poisk approaches ISS 05.jpg|Progress M-MIM2 and Poisk approach ISS

STS-129 ISS-21 Poisk.jpg|Progress M-MIM2 and Poisk docked with the ISS

Propulsion compartment for the Poisk module departs.jpg|Progress M-MIM2 propulsion section departs

References

Category:Spacecraft launched in 2009

Category:Progress (spacecraft) missions

Category:Spacecraft which reentered in 2009