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PROGRESS-M 17M

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Progress M-18M, identified by NASA as Progress 50P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station during 2013. Progress M-18M was sent on a four-orbit rendezvous profile that was already demonstrated by the Progress M-16M and Progress M-17M spacecraft in 2012.

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Launch

Launch date
October 31, 2012 at 07:41 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
411 km
Periapsis
355 km
Inclination
51.65°
Orbital period
92.21 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
7,290 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2012-060A
NORAD catalog №
38975
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
13.0534 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
April 21, 2013

End of mission

Last active / ended
April 21, 2013
Time in service
172 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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