Progress M-26M (russian: Прогресс М-26М), identified by
NASA as Progress 58P, is a
Progress spacecraft used by
Roskosmos to resupply the
International Space Station (ISS) during 2015. Progress M-26M was launched on a six-hours rendezvous profile towards the ISS. The 26th
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 ...
11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched, it had the
serial number
A serial number is a unique identifier assigned incrementally or sequentially to an item, to ''uniquely'' identify it.
Serial numbers need not be strictly numerical. They may contain letters and other typographical symbols, or may consist enti ...
426 and was built by
RKK Energia.
Launch
The spacecraft was launched on 17 February 2015 at 11:00:17 UTC from 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 ...
in
Kazakhstan.
Docking
Progress M-26M docked with the
Zvezda service module on 17 February 2015 at 16:57 UTC, less than six hours after launch.
In May 2015, Progress was used to reboost the station. First try was automatically aborted by the craft one second into the burn. Russian flight controllers identified a problem in one of its eight thrusters. A second try with seven thrusters succeeded lasting 32 minutes and 3 seconds.
Cargo
The Progress spacecraft carried 2370 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.
The craft delivered food, fuel and supplies, including 435 kg of propellant, 50 kg of oxygen, 420 kg of water, and 1465 kg of spare parts, supplies and experiment hardware for the six members of the
Expedition 42
Expedition 42 was the 42nd expedition to the International Space Station. It began on 10 November 2014 with the undocking of Soyuz TMA-13M, returning the crew of Expedition 41 to Earth and ended with the undocking of Soyuz TMA-14M on 11 March 201 ...
crew. Progress M-26M remained docked to Zvezda for six months.
See also
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2015 in spaceflight
In 2015, the maiden spaceflights of the Chinese Long March 6 and Long March 11 launch vehicles took place.
A total of 87 orbital launches were attempted in 2015, of which 82 were successful, one was partially successful and four were failures ...
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Progress (spacecraft) missions
Spacecraft launched in 2015
Spacecraft which reentered in 2015
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