Progress M-52 (russian: Прогресс М-52, italic=yes), identified by
NASA
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as Progress 17P, was a
Progress
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spacecraft used 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 ( ...
. It was a
Progress-M
Progress-M (russian: Прогресс-М, GRAU indices 11F615A55 and 11F615A60), also known as Progress 7K-TGM, is a Russian, previously Soviet spacecraft which is used to resupply space stations. It is a variant of the Progress spacecraft, or ...
11F615A55 spacecraft, with the
serial number 352.
Launch
Progress M-52 was launched by 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 from
Site 1/5 at the
Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 19:09:18 UTC on 28 February 2005.
Docking
The spacecraft docked with the port of the ''
Zvezda aft'' module at 20:10:08 UTC on 2 March 2005.
It remained docked for 105 days before undocking at 20:16:10 UTC on 15 June 2005
to make way for
Progress M-53.
It was deorbited at 23:16:00 UTC on 15 June 2005.
The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the
Pacific Ocean
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, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 00:02:41 UTC on 16 June 2005.
Progress M-52 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. It also carried the
TNS-0 (2005-007C)
nanosatellite
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, which was deployed from the ISS on 28 February 2005 at 19:09:18 UTC.
See also
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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 ...
References
Spacecraft launched in 2005
Progress (spacecraft) missions
Spacecraft which reentered in 2005
Supply vehicles for the International Space Station
Spacecraft launched by Soyuz-U rockets
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