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PROGRESS-M 51

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Progress M-51, identified by NASA as Progress 16P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 351.

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Launch

Launch date
December 23, 2004 at 10:19 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
355 km
Periapsis
316 km
Inclination
51.64°
Orbital period
91.24 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
7,260 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2004-051A
NORAD catalog №
28503
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
10.7924 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
March 9, 2005

End of mission

Last active / ended
March 9, 2005
Time in service
76 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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