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Russian cargo spacecraft
Progress M-17
(
Russian
:
Прогресс М-17
) was a Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1993 to resupply the
Mir
space station.
[2]
The thirty-fifth of sixty-four
Progress
spacecraft to visit Mir, it used the
Progress-M
11F615A55 configuration,
[3]
and had the
serial number
217.
[4]
In addition to delivering cargo, Progress M-17 was also used to demonstrate extended duration Progress missions; remaining in orbit for almost a year with a docked phase lasting 132 days.
Launch and docking
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Progress M-17 was launched at 03:34:13 GMT on 31 March 1993, atop a
Soyuz-U2
carrier rocket flying from
Site 1/5
at the
Baikonur Cosmodrome
.
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It docked with the aft port of the
Kvant-1
module at 05:16:18 GMT on 1 April, less than 26 hours after launch.
[5]
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The rocket had the
serial number
N15000-069.
[4]
The spacecraft carried supplies including food, water and oxygen for the
EO-13
and
EO-14
crews aboard Mir, as well as equipment for conducting scientific research, and fuel for adjusting the station's orbit and performing manoeuvres. In all, Progress M-17 delivered 2,604 kilograms (5,741 lb) of cargo to Mir.
[7]
It carried the seventh
VBK-Raduga
recoverable capsule, however due to the extended duration mission this was returned by
Progress M-18
.
Extended mission
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Progress M-17 was originally scheduled to conduct a normal length mission, however it remained docked with Mir for 132 days because of a longer than usual gap between missions requiring its docking port.
[8]
Soyuz TM-16
had docked with the
Kristall
module in order to test the
APAS-89
docking system ahead of its use in the
Shuttle-Mir programme
, leaving the forward port free for Progress M-18, whose docking marked the first time two Progress spacecraft had been docked to a station simultaneously.
[9]
It undocked from Mir at 15:36:42 GMT on 11 August.
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Due to its extended mission, the spacecraft did not have sufficient fuel remaining to deorbit, and it was therefore kept in orbit for 205 days of free flight, until its orbit had
decayed
sufficiently for a deorbit burn to be conducted with what fuel remained. During this time, Progress M-17 was used for further tests of the spacecraft's longevity.
[9]
After being manoeuvred into an orbit away from the station, its systems were deactivated and it was kept in a low-power configuration. On 2 March the spacecraft was reactivated and successfully completed a series of manoeuvres to prove that it could still operate after having been in orbit for so long.
[9]
The next day, Progress M-17 was deorbited and
reentered
the atmosphere over the
South America
, breaking up at around 03:28 GMT.
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See also
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References
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McDowell, Jonathan.
"Satellite Catalog"
. Jonathan's Space Page
. Retrieved
21 November
2010
.
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"Progress M-17"
.
NSSDC Master Catalog
. US National Space Science Data Center
. Retrieved
21 November
2010
.
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Krebs, Gunter.
"Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)"
. Gunter's Space Page
. Retrieved
21 November
2010
.
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a
b
c
McDowell, Jonathan.
"Launch Log"
. Jonathan's Space Page
. Retrieved
21 November
2010
.
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a
b
c
Anikeev, Alexander.
"Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-17"
"
. Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts. Archived from
the original
on 9 October 2007
. Retrieved
21 November
2010
.
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Wade, Mark.
"Progress M"
. Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from
the original
on 10 July 2009
. Retrieved
21 November
2010
.
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Hall, Rex D.; Shayler, David J. (2003).
Soyuz: A Universal Spacecraft
. Springer-Praxis. p. 272.
ISBN
1-85233-657-9
.
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Hall, Rex D.; Shayler, David J. (2003).
Soyuz: A Universal Spacecraft
. Springer-Praxis. p. 260.
ISBN
1-85233-657-9
.
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a
b
c
Harland, David M. (2004).
The Story of Space Station Mir
. Springer-Praxis. pp.
222?225
.
ISBN
0-387-23011-4
.
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