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Progress M-03M (russian: Прогресс М-03М, italic=yes), identified by
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as Progress 35P, was a
Progress Progress is the movement towards a refined, improved, or otherwise desired state. In the context of progressivism, it refers to the proposition that advancements in technology, science, and social organization have resulted, and by extension wi ...
spacecraft used by the
Russian Federal Space Agency The State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" (russian: Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»), commonly known simply as Roscosmos (russian: Роскосмос) ...
to resupply the
International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA ...
(ISS).


Launch

Progress M-03M launched on a
Soyuz-U The Soyuz-U launch vehicle was an improved version of the original Soyuz rocket. Soyuz-U was part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and cons ...
carrier rocket, flying 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 ...
. Liftoff took place at 01:14 UTC on 15 October 2009.


Docking

Docking with the '' Pirs'' module of the ISS took place on 18 October 2009 at 01:40 UTC.


Cargo

Progress M-03M delivered 790 kg (1750 lb) of dry cargo, 870 kg (1918 lb) of propellant and 420 kg (926 lb) of water.


Undocking

The spacecraft undocked from ''Pirs'' on 22 April 2010. Filled with trash and discarded space station items, the Progress ship was used for scientific experiments until it was deorbited, entering the Earth's atmosphere and burning up over the Pacific Ocean. The deorbit burn occurred at 18:07 UTC on 27 April 2010.


See also

*
List of Progress flights A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby uni ...
*
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 ...


References


External links

* http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/iss_manifest.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Progress M-03m Spacecraft launched in 2009 Progress (spacecraft) missions Spacecraft which reentered in 2010 Supply vehicles for the International Space Station Spacecraft launched by Soyuz-U rockets