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PROGRESS-M 48

DecayedHuman SpaceflightLEO

Progress M-48, identified by NASA as Progress 12P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 248.

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Launch

Launch date
August 29, 2003 at 01:47 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
372 km
Periapsis
363 km
Inclination
51.61°
Orbital period
91.89 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
7,230 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2003-039A
NORAD catalog №
27873
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
10.8948 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
January 28, 2004

End of mission

Last active / ended
January 28, 2004
Time in service
152 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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