Progress DC-1 (Originally designated Progress SO1) was a modified
Progress
Progress is movement towards a perceived refined, improved, or otherwise desired state. It is central to the philosophy of progressivism, which interprets progress as the set of advancements in technology, science, and social organization effic ...
11F615A55, Russian production No. 301, used to deliver the ''
Pirs'' module to the
International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was Assembly of the International Space Station, assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United ...
.
It has the pressurised cargo module removed to accommodate ''Pirs''.
Launch
Progress DC-1 was launched by a
Soyuz-U
Soyuz-U ( GRAU index: 11A511U) was a Soviet and later Russian expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress factory in Samara, Russia. The ''U'' designation stands for ''unified' ...
carrier rocket from
Site 1/5 at the
Baikonur Cosmodrome
The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. All Russian Human spaceflight, crewed spaceflights are l ...
. Launch occurred at 23:34:55 UTC on 14 September 2001.
Docking
The spacecraft docked with the nadir port of the ''
Zvezda'' module at 01:05 UTC on 17 September 2001.
It remained docked for nine days.
Undocking and Decay
On 26 September 2001 at 15:36 UTC it was jettisoned from ''Pirs''. It was deorbited at 23:30 UTC on the same day, and burned up in the atmosphere over the
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...
, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 00:01 UTC on 27 September 2001.
See also
*
List of Progress flights
*
Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station
Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station (ISS) are made primarily to deliver cargo, however several Russian modules have also docked to the outpost following uncrewed launches. Resupply missions typically use the Russian Progress s ...
*
Progress M-MIM2
*
Progress M-UM
References
{{Orbital launches in 2001
Progress (spacecraft) missions
Spacecraft launched in 2001
Spacecraft which reentered in 2001
Spacecraft launched by Soyuz-U rockets