Progress report of the progress of Progress M-21M to the ISS
Progress M-21M has been rolled out to the pad today.
Pictures:
Updates:
Videos:
ТГК Прогресс М-21М. Накатка обтекателя � - YouTube
It's the time of the year again for those on the ISS to take delivery from the quarterly Progress flights!
But there's something different on this Progress - some of the smaller antennas on its outside are gone!
No, this is not because the technicians have forgotten to install them. This is due to that this Progress spacecraft will test out a new version of the
Kurs automatic approach and docking control system. Dubbed
Kurs-NA, the radio systems switched to the millimeter microwave band (was centimeter in today's
Kurs-A) for higher accuracy, as well as upgraded parts and moved back some of the now made-in-Ukraine parts back into Russia. This allows the removal of some of the antennas on the outside of the spacecraft since position and velocity determination can now be supplemented by satellite navigation.
To test out the system, the Progress will free-fly for 4 days, making a rendezvous with the ISS on November 27 before coming back for docking on November 29.
Launch location:
Baikonur Launch pad no. 31/6 45°59'46.16"N, 63°33'51.29"E
Launch dates and times:
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Time Zone
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Australia - Sydney/AEDT (UTC+11)
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Baikonur / UTC+6
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Moscow / MSKS (UTC+4)/
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Universal / UTC
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Washington / EST (UTC-5)
Launch time (Primary):
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07:53:06
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02:53:06
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00:53:06
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20:53:06
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15:53:06
on:
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Nov. 26, 2013
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Nov. 26, 2013
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Nov. 26, 2013
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Nov. 25, 2013
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Nov. 25, 2013
Launch time (Backup):
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07:04:50
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02:04:50
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00:04:50
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20:04:50
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15:04:50
on:
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Nov. 28, 2013
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Nov. 28, 2013
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Nov. 28, 2013
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Nov. 27, 2013
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Nov. 27, 2013
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{colsp=6}Docking times
Time Zone
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Australia - Sydney/AEDT (UTC+11)
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Moscow / MSKS (UTC+4)/
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Universal / UTC
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Washington / EST (UTC-5)
Docking time (Primary):
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09:28:14 ±3 min
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02:28:14 ±3 min
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22:28:14 ±3 min
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17:28:14 ±3 min
on:
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Nov. 30, 2013
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Nov. 30, 2013
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Nov. 29, 2013
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Nov. 29, 2013
Docking time (Backup):
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08:30 ±3 min
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01:30 ±3 min
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21:30 ±3 min
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16:30 ±3 min
on:
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Dec. 2, 2013
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Dec. 2, 2013
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Dec. 1, 2013
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Dec. 1, 2013
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Live Coverage Of The Launch:
Progress M-21M (industry id 11F615A60 #421, NASA id Progress 53P) cargo spaceship
Cargo Manifest
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Propellants in the refueling system 670 kg
* Oxygen 50 kg
Water in Rodnik ("Creek") system tanks 420 kg
Pressured section cargo (total mass 1258 kg)
Equpiment for systems:
* SOGS atmosphere composition control 10 kg
* SVO water supply control 20 kg
* SOTR heat exchange control 36 kg
* STOR maintenance and repair 6 kg
* KS TOR maintenance and repair kit 2 kg
* measurement sensors 13 kg
* telemetry equipment 2 kg
*SGO Hygiene and sanitation items 91 kg
*Food rations, fresh products 187 kg
*Medical equipment, underwear,
personal hygiene and care, station
air purity checking and cleaning 122 kg
*Personal protection equipment 79 kg
*Photography and video equipment 46 kg
*Science experiments and apparatus
equipment 300 kg
*FGB Zarya equipment 17 kg
*DC-1 Pirs equipment 2 kg
*EVA tools and equipment 11 kg
*Personal delivery for Russian
crew members 134 kg
*American food rations and
hygienic supplies delivery 178 kg
Total cargo mass 2398 kg
Mission Profile
Ascent Chart:
1. Approach and Docking Chart:
The times below are in Moscow Standard Time (UTC+4):
The expected payload separation time: 01:01:55.17
2. Orbital Parameters of Progress M-21M and the ISS
Parameter|Designation|Prorgess-M-21M on 11/26|ISS on 11/30
Orbital Period|T, min|88.59 ±0.37|92.82
Inclination|i, degrees|51.66 ±0.06|51.66
Min altitude|h, km|193 +7 -15|415.04
Max altitude|H, km|245 ±42|434.59
Phase angle between the space ship and the ISS is about
390.5 degrees
Projected duration of the space ship at the nominal orbit is no less than 20 orbits (~30 hrs)
3. Transfer manoeuvres
(five days approach scheme applied for testing the
Kurs-NA docking control system with docking on orbit 65)
* Nominal two-burn manoeuvre forming a phasing orbit
Date|Burn at|Orbit #|Delta V, m/s|Burn duration, s|post-burn T,min|post-burn i,deg|post-burn h,km|post-burn H,km
26.11.13|04:28:00|3|20.38|51.7|89.27|51.66|212.80|276.50
26.11.13|05:10:12|4|13.30|34.0|89.73|51.67|254.28|293.11
* The 2nd day's one-burn correction
Date|Burn at|Orbit #|Delta V, m/s|Burn duration, s|post-burn T,min|post-burn i,deg|post-burn h,km|post-burn H,km
27.11.13|01:50:18|17|2.00|29.4|89.78|51.64|259.67|292.35
* The 3rd day's two-burn correction
Date|Burn at|Orbit #|Delta V, m/s|Burn duration, s|post-burn T,min|post-burn i,deg|post-burn h,km|post-burn H,km
28.11.13|06:08:54|36|2.83|8.1|92.53|51.64|385.48|432.67
28.11.13|06:29:27|36|8.16|20.7|92.82|51.65|412.89|434.81
* The 4th day's one-burn correction
Date|Burn at|Orbit #|Delta V, m/s|Burn duration, s|post-burn T,min|post-burn i,deg|post-burn h,km|post-burn H,km
29.11.13|01:10:49|48|2.00|28.4|92.89|51.67|418.48|437.53
Autonomous approach program is initiated at 00:06:56.
4. Approach at the Close range
Fly-around, station keeping and docking procedures will be used on November 30, 2013 from 02:05:00 ±3 min to docking contact
5. Docking
Contact and capture will be performed on November 30, 2013 at 02:28:14 ±3 min
Docking is to SM Zvezda +X docking port
Launch Vehicle:
{colsp=2}Characteristics
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Soyuz-U
Prime contractor:
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- Samara Space Sentre (Energia Holding enterprise)
GRAU Index:
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Height:
| 51.1 m
Diameter:
| max 10.3 m
Liftoff mass:
| 313 metric tonnes
Payload mass:
| 6.95 tonnes at ISS orbit from Baikonur
1st stage (boosters B, V, G, D):
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- 4 X RD-117 engines
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum - / 316 s
- Thrust/ISP at sea level 79.4 tonnes / 253 s
- Total 1st stage's thrust at sea level: 411.1 tonnes
2nd stage (core A):
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- 1 X RD-118 engine
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum 102 tonnes / 314 s
- Thrust/ISP at sea level 83.5 tonnes / 257 s
3rd stage (block I):
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- 1 X RD-0110 engine
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum 30.38 tonnes / 359 s
The vehicle's
reliability statistics according to
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/log2013.html#rate:
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Vehicle Successes/Tries Realzd Pred Consc. Last Dates
Rate Rate* Succes Fail
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Soyuz-U 745 765x .97 .97 8 8/24/11 1973-
x Does not include Soyuz-U/Soyuz T-10-1 pre-launch fire that
resulted in escape tower firing saving crew, but destroying
launch vehicle on 9-26-1983. Note that 10 additional
Soyuz-U launches with Ikar or Fregat upper stages (all
successful) are cataloged separately.
Weather forecast for Baikonur, Kazakhstan on November 26, 2013 (2 a.m.)
Partly cloudy. Low of -2C. Winds from the SE at 10 to 15 km/h.
Time|Temps|Dew Point|Relative Humidity|Precip|Snow|Cloud cover|Pressure|Wind|Weather
2 AM|3°C|-4°C|56%|0%|0%|67%|1022 hPa|10 km/h SE|
Mostly Cloudy
offtopic: let's hope that SpaceX release a rollout video of the one Falcon 9 launching today later on...)
Hope you will enjoy the package item which I put in this Progress for Sergey and you!
