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Progress M-MIM2 (russian: Прогресс М-МИМ2), or Progress M-MRM2, originally designated Progress M-SO2, was a modified
The spacecraft docked with the zenith port of the International Space Station's '' Zvezda'' module on 12 November. Capture occurred at 15:41 GMT, and initial docking was completed successfully at 15:44.
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
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, Russian production No. 302, which was used to deliver the '' Poisk'' module to 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 has the pressurised cargo module removed to accommodate ''Poisk''. It was similar to the Progress M-SO1 spacecraft which was used to deliver the ''Pirs'' module to the station in 2001.
Launch
Progress M-MIM2 and ''Poisk'' were launched by aSoyuz-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 launch occurred at 14:22 GMT on 10 November 2009. At launch, Progress M-MIM2 had a total mass of , including the ''Poisk'' module.
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, and initial docking was completed successfully at 15:44.
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
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contin ...
at 05:27, and had broken up by 05:32.
See also
*List of Progress flights
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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*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-UM
Progress M-UM (), was a specially modified Progress M 11F615A55, Russian production No.303, developed by Roscosmos to deliver the ''Prichal'' module to the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) of the International Space Station (ISS). It was launc ...
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