Progress M1-1 was a
Progress spacecraft which was launched by
Russia in 2000 to resupply the
Mir space station
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. It was a
Progress-M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the
serial number
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250.
It was the first flight of the Progress-M1, a derivative of the
Progress-M originally designed for resupplying the
International Space Station, which was optimised for the transportation of fuel over pressurised cargo.
Progress M1-1 was launched by a
Soyuz-U carrier rocket from
Site 1/5 at the
Baikonur Cosmodrome
The Baikonur Cosmodrome ( kk, Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы, translit=Baiqoñyr ğaryş ailağy, ; russian: Космодром Байконур, translit=Kosmodrom Baykonur, ) is a spaceport in an area of southern Kazakhstan leased to R ...
. Launch occurred at 06:47:23 GMT on 1 February 2000.
The spacecraft docked with Mir, which was at that time uncrewed, at 08:02:28 GMT on 3 February – the docking port used was the aft port on the ''
Kvant-1'' module.
It remained docked for 83 days before undocking at 16:32:43 GMT on 26 April to make way for
Progress M1-2
Progress M1-2 was a Progress spacecraft which was launched by Russia in 2000 to resupply the Mir space station. It was a Progress-M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 252.
Progress M1-2 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from ...
.
It was deorbited at 19:26:03 GMT,
and burned up in the atmosphere over the
Pacific Ocean around fifty minutes later.
Progress M1-1 was used to reboost Mir, which was rapidly decaying from orbit at the time of its arrival. It carried
nitrogen to repressurise the station following a leak, as well as supplies for the
EO-28 crew, who arrived aboard Mir in April.
See also
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2000 in spaceflight
This article outlines notable events occurring in 2000 in spaceflight, including major launches and Extravehicular activity, EVAs.
Launches
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List of Progress flights
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List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir
References
Spacecraft launched in 2000
Mir
Progress (spacecraft) missions
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