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PROGRESS-M 46

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Progress M-46, identified by NASA as Progress 8P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 246.

Launch

Launch date: June 26, 2002 at 05:36 AM UTC
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by: Soyuz U →
Operator: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Launch record: View full launch →

Orbit

Orbit regime: LEO
Apoapsis: 398 km
Periapsis: 363 km
Inclination: 51.63°
Orbital period: 92.16 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l): 2002-033A
NORAD catalog №: 27454
Object type: Payload
Owner / operator: Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section: 15.0118 m²
Status: Decayed
Decay / reentry: October 14, 2002

End of mission

Last active / ended: October 14, 2002
Time in service: 110 days
Fate: Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status: Decayed

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