Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-22-2011 10:24 PM
Roscomos statement
Progress M-11M is Flying Towards the ISS
In line with the International Space Station mission plan, Progress M-11M cargo vehicle was launched from Baikonur yesterday (June 21).
The rocket successfully injected the vehicle into the orbit with the following parameters:
min altitude - 193,96 km;
max altitude - 240,09 km;
revolution - 88,54 min;
inclination - 51,64 deg.
The vehicle is due to dock to the station's Zvezda module on June 23, at 20:37 MSK.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-26-2011 09:39 AM
Progress M-11M docked automatically to the aft port of the station's Zvezda service module via the Kurs automated rendezvous system at 11:37 a.m. CDT on June 23, 2011.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 08-23-2011 03:22 PM
Progress M-11M departs space station
The Progress M-11M (43P) ISS cargo ship, loaded with trash and discarded items, undocked from the aft end of the Zvezda service module at 4:37 a.m. CDT Aug. 23, 2011, as the station passed 230 statute miles over northern China.
The Progress was commanded to a parking orbit a safe distance away from the station for engineering tests and experiments. It will be deorbited on Sept. 1 for a destructive re-entry over the Pacific ocean.
Lewis007 Member
Posts: 102 From: Geldermalsen, the Netherlands Registered: Mar 2010
posted 09-02-2011 02:44 AM
Progress M-11M deorbited
The Progress M-11M cargo ship completed its solo mission under the 'Radar Progress' mission, aimed at defining the density, particle sizes and reflectivity of the ionosphere environment around the spacecraft, which is caused by the operations of its liquid propellant engines.
The retro-fire command was given at 09:34:31 UT. The burn lasted 180 seconds, providing a delta-V of 91.8 meters per second, after which the Progress re-entered the atmosphere and burned up above the pre-set area of the South Pacific.
Surviving fragments, if any, came down at 40° 8' southern latitude and 135° 2' western longitude, at 10:21:41 UT.