Progress M1-4, identified by

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as Progress 2P, was a

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spacecraft used to resupply the

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. It was a Progress M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the

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253.

Launch and first docking

Progress M1-4 was launched by a

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carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the

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. Launch occurred at 01:32:36 UTC on 16 November 2000. The spacecraft docked with the Nadir port of the '' Zarya'' module at 03:47:42 UTC on 18 November. The

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docking system failed during docking, and the manual backup,

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, was used for the docking. Progress M1-4 remained docked for two weeks before undocking at 16:22:52 UTC on 1 December.

Second docking

Following its undocking, Progress M1-4 spent 25 days in free flight, prior to redocking with the same port on 26 December at 11:03:13 UTC. Like the original docking, the TORU system was used, as although the fault with the Kurs system had been resolved, the procedure used to abort the original Kurs docking attempt was irreversible due to the retraction of an antenna that could not be redeployed. It remained docked for 44 days before undocking again at 11:26:04 UTC on 8 February 2001. It was deorbited at 12:59 UTC on the same day. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the

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, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 13:50 GMT. Progress M1-4 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. It was the first Progress spacecraft to resupply an Expedition crew aboard the ISS. Progress M1-4 was the first Progress spacecraft to make two dockings with the ISS, a feat that was not repeated until

Progress M-15M Progress M-15M (russian: Прогресс М-15М, italic=yes), identified by NASA as Progress 47P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station during 2012. The fifteenth Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft ...

in 2012.

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Launch and first docking

Second docking

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