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PROGRESS-M 53

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Progress M-53, identified by NASA as Progress 18P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 353.

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Launch

Launch date
June 16, 2005 at 11:09 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
353 km
Periapsis
350 km
Inclination
51.64°
Orbital period
91.57 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2005-021A
NORAD catalog №
28700
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
6.3095 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 7, 2005

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 7, 2005
Time in service
83 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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