Launch News Progress M-09M, RadioSkaf-V (ARISSat-1, Kedr) atop Soyuz-U on January 27/28, 2010

[Orbinaut Pete]

Roscosmos PAO: "Progress M-09M Departed from the ISS".

Progress M-09M cargo vehicle undocked from the ISS on April 22. At 15:38 MSK Friday the vehicle was commanded for departure, and undocked from the Pirs module in 3 min. The cargo supplier was docked to this port on Jan. 30.
Progress M-09M will continue its autonomous mission till April 26 to be used for Radar-Progress scientific experiment to investigate reflection feature of the plasma generated by operations of the Progress propulsion. On the 26th, it will be drowned in the remote area of the Pacific.

 

[SiberianTiger]

http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/extra3.htm

Flight of cargo spaceship "Progress M-09M" is over
MCC PAO, April 27, 2011

Yesterday, April 26, the automatic cargo spaceship "Progress M-09M" has finished its flight. All deorbiting operations went nominally, according to calculations of MCC's Ballistic Service.

According to the program uploaded by MCC, at 16:36:00 MSK (12:36:00 GMT) the main engine was turned on in decelerating attitude. After 125 second burn, it changed the speed of the spacecraft by 67.6 m/s, which made Progress to leave orbit and disintegrate over a specified area of the Southern Pacific.

Coordinates of center of spacecraft debris deposit is 38° 54' South, 128° 48' West. The calculated time of debris arriving at this point os 17:22:53 MSK (13:22:53 GMT).