Progress M-62 (russian: Прогресс М-62, italic=yes), identified by

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as Progress 27P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the

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. 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

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362.

Launch

Progress M-62 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the

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. Launch occurred at 07:12:41 UTC on 23 December 2007.

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the '' Pirs'' module at 08:14 UTC on 26 December 2007. The ''Pirs'' module had previously been occupied by Progress M-61, which undocked on 22 December 2007.NASA: Expedition 16/Progress 27
Progress M-62 remained docked for 40 days before undocking at 10:32 UTC on 4 February 2008. Following undocking it conducted Earth observation experiments for eleven days prior to being deorbited. It was deorbited at 09:44 UTC on 15 February 2008. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the

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, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 13:29 UTC. Progress M-62 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. It carried over of propellant, of oxygen and of dry cargo. The total mass of the cargo carried was .

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Launch

Docking

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