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PROGRESS-M 21M

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Progress M-20M, identified by NASA as Progress 52P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2013. Progress M-20M was built by RKK Energia. Progress M-20M was launched on a 6-hours rendezvous profile towards the ISS. The 20th Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched, it had the serial number 420 and was built by RKK Energia.

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Launch

Launch date
November 25, 2013 at 08:53 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Mission
Progress M-21M (53P)

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
418 km
Periapsis
412 km
Inclination
51.65°
Orbital period
92.87 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
7,283 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2013-069A
NORAD catalog №
39456
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
5.325 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
June 9, 2014

End of mission

Last active / ended
June 9, 2014
Time in service
196 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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