Progress DC-1

Progress DC-1 was a modified Progress spacecraft used to deliver the Pirs module to the International Space Station.[1] It was based on the Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the pressurised cargo module removed to accommodate Pirs, and had the serial number 301.[2]

Progress DC-1
Progress DC-1 approaching the ISS with Pirs.
Mission typeISS assembly
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2001-041A
SATCAT no.26908
Mission duration13 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeProgress (modified) s/n 301
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date14 September 2001,
23:34:55 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date27 September 2001, 00:01 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude388.2 km
Apogee altitude393.6 km
Inclination51.6°
Period92.3 minutes
Epoch14 September 2001
Docking with ISS
Docking portZvezda nadir (Pirs)
Docking date17 September 2001, 01:05 UTC
Undocking date26 September 2001, 15:36 UTC
Time docked9 days
Payload
Pirs
Mass3580 kg
Progress ISS assembly
 

Launch

Progress DC-1 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 23:34:55 UTC on 14 September 2001.[2]

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the nadir port of the Zvezda module at 01:05 UTC on 17 September 2001.[3] It remained docked for nine days before it was jettisoned from Pirs at 15:36 UTC on 26 September 2001. It was deorbited at 23:30 UTC on the same day, and burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 00:01 UTC on 27 September 2001.[4]

See also

References
  1. Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  2. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  3. Wade, Mark. "Progress DC-1". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  4. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
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