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PROGRESS-M 63

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Progress M-63, identified by NASA as Progress 28P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 363.

Launch

Launch date: February 5, 2008 at 01:02 PM 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: 339 km
Periapsis: 338 km
Inclination: 51.64°
Orbital period: 91.31 min

Spacecraft

Operator: Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass: 7,270 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l): 2008-004A
NORAD catalog №: 32484
Object type: Payload
Owner / operator: Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section: 4.623 m²
Status: Decayed
Decay / reentry: April 7, 2008

End of mission

Last active / ended: April 7, 2008
Time in service: 62 days
Fate: Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status: Decayed

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