Progress M-56 (Russian: Прогресс М-56), identified by NASAasProgress 21P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 356.[1]
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Progress M-56 approaching the ISS.
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Mission type | ISS resupply |
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Operator | Roskosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2006-013A ![]() |
SATCAT no. | 29057 |
Mission duration | 148 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M s/n 356 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 24 April 2006, 16:03:25 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 19 September 2006, 04:14:40 UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 337 km |
Apogee altitude | 348 km |
Inclination | 51.6° |
Period | 91.4 minutes |
Epoch | 24 April 2006 |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Zvezda aft |
Docking date | 26 April 2006, 17:41:31 UTC |
Undocking date | 19 September 2006, 00:28:17 UTC |
Time docked | 146 days |
Cargo | |
Mass | 2600 kg |
Progress ISS Resupply
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Progress M-56 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 16:03:25 UTC on 24 April 2006.[1] Also carried to the ISS was an experimental MIT students-built picosatellite, named SPHERE, that will float inside the station, strictly maintaining its location inside.
The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 17:41:31 UTC on 26 April 2006.[2][3] It remained docked for 146 days before undocking at 00:28:17 UTC on 19 September 2006[2] to make way for Soyuz TMA-9.[4] It was deorbited at 03:28 UTC on 19 September 2006.[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 04:14:40 UTC.[2][5]
Progress M-56 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.
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