Soyuz-U - Progress M-05M (37P), Launched April 28, 2010

[Zipi]

Launch time: 17:15 GMT (1:15 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 37th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station. Docking to the station is targeted for May 1 at approximately 2:30 p.m. EDT.

Progress M-05M Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_M-05M
Progress Spacecraft Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_(spacecraft)
Russian Spacecraft Tracking Page: http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/model.htm

Live Coverage from TV Tsenki: http://www.tv-tsenki.com/livechoose.php

Energia's english photoreports in descending order:
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss23/prog ... 04-26.html
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss23/prog ... 04-25.html
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss23/prog ... 04-23.html
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss23/prog ... 04-22.html
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss23/prog ... 04-21.html
http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss23/prog ... 04-20.html
(EarthlingX probably posts the best photos to this thread soon )

 

[Zipi]

Re: April 28, Soyuz - Progress M-05M (37P)

Soyuz Rocket Family Wikipedia Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_(rocket_family)
Soyuz-U Wikipedia Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz-U
Astronautix Soyuz Page: http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/soyuz.htm
Samara Space Centre Soyuz-U Page: http://www.samspace.ru/ENG/RN/souz_u.htm
Soyuz-U Cutout Picture: http://www.samspace.ru/images/s-u.jpg
SuzyMcHale's Soyuz Page: http://suzymchale.com/ruspace/rocksoyuz.html
TsSKB-Progress Wikipedia Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TsSKB-Progress (Soyuz launch vehicle manufacturer)

Soyuz launch vehicle belongs to R7 rocket family.

Soyuz-U First Stage:

One RD-108 engine burning LOX/RP1.

NPO Energomarsh RD-107 & RD-108 Page: http://www.npoenergomash.ru/eng/engines/rd107/
Astronautix RD-108 Page: http://www.astronautix.com/engines/rd108.htm

Soyuz-U Boosters: (Stage 0)

Four boosters each having one RD-107A engine burning LOX/RP1.

NPO Energomarsh RD-107 & RD-108 Page: http://www.npoenergomash.ru/eng/engines/rd107/
Astronautix RD-107 Page: http://www.astronautix.com/engines/rd107.htm

Soyuz-U Second Stage:

One RD-0110 engine burning LOX/RP1.

Khrunichev RD-0110 Page: http://www.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=101&lang=en

 

[EarthlingX]

Re: April 28, Soyuz-FG - Progress M-05M (37P)

M-hm

(Click on images for whole day)

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[Zipi]

Re: April 28, Soyuz-FG - Progress M-05M (37P)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STTuRHR3e48[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq25vVsupoQ[/youtube]

 

[EarthlingX]

Re: April 28, Soyuz-FG - Progress M-05M (37P)

http://www.federalspace.ru : Progress M-05M/Soyuz-U: L-3 Operations Completed successfully

:: 27.04.2010

Soyuz-U/Progress M-05M launch campaign continues at Baikonur.
Yestrday morning Soyuz-U with Progress M-05M atop was transported to launch pad 1 and erected.
Roscosmos expert groups began L-3 operations.
Mainly, the operations covered integrated tests, which imply simulation of the launch sequence up to the Progress’ separation. The tests are aimed at verifying all systems on the LV, as well as proper interaction with the vehicle and the launch facilities. TM data displayed proper statuses of all the LV’s systems.
Today is a spare day in the Progress’ launch campaign.
Progress M-05M cargo supply mission to the International Space Station is scheduled to begin on April 28, at 21:15 MSK.

Yuzhny Space Center PAO

 

[Zipi]

Re: April 28, Soyuz-FG - Progress M-05M (37P)

Rollout to the pad:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8B_eAfb5vA[/youtube]

 

[Zipi]

Re: April 28, Soyuz-FG - Progress M-05M (37P)

SiberianTiger has posted his great infopack: http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=15455

Cargo Manifest:

Refueling system propellants amount     870 kg
* Oxygen                                 50 kg
Water in Rodnik ("Creek") system tanks  100 kg
Self fuel reserve available for the ISS 250 kg

Pressured section cargo (total mass 1318 kg)

Equpiment for systems:
* SOGS gas mixture composition control   33 kg
* SVO water supply control               73 kg
* SOTR heat exchange conrtol              6 kg
* SUBA equipment control                  5 kg
* BITS2-12 telemetry                      2 kg
* BVS computers                           3 kg
* STTS telephone and telegraph comms      2 kg
STOR maintenance and repair items         5 kg
Hygiene and sanitation items             71 kg
Food rations, fresh products            325 kg
Medical equipment, underwear,
personal hygiene and care               155 kg

FGB Zarya equipment                      64 kg
MRM2 Poisk equipment                     53 kg
Scientific equipment                     19 kg
Onboard documentation, crew parcel,
video and photo equipment                35 kg

Equipment for Russian crewmembers        42 kg

Storable Equipment (Package #9)           5 kg

American Sergent delivery, including
food rations, life support means,
medical, personal hygiene and care means,
zero 6 prophylaxis means                420 kg

Total cargo mass                       2588 kg

 

[Zipi]

Re: April 28, Soyuz-U - Progress M-05M (37P)

1h 6min to launch time!

 

[Zipi]

Re: April 28, Soyuz-U - Progress M-05M (37P)

For me "source 2" works best: http://www.tv-tsenki.com/live3.php

If you want to open it full screen, just move mouse over video and click the text which appears to upper right corner.

 

[EarthlingX]

Re: April 28, Soyuz-U - Progress M-05M (37P)

You mean, that one works ..

aha, that развериуть

9 min to launch, i think

 

[EarthlingX]

Re: April 28, Soyuz-U - Progress M-05M (37P)

Полет нормальный .. and awaay ..

There will HD videos soon, so i will not pollute with screenshots, but it was nice Let's hope for multi-camera view

 

[Zipi]

Re: April 28, Soyuz-U - Progress M-05M (37P)

Nice looking launch even it was quite windy at Baikonur...

 

[EarthlingX]

Re: April 28, Soyuz-U - Progress M-05M (37P)

Yea, it could be heard on a microphone, before launch.

 

[EarthlingX]

Re: April 28, Soyuz-U - Progress M-05M (37P)

First photos i noticed :

http://www.nasa.gov : ISS Progress 37 Launches to Space Station

Image above: The ISS Progress 37 cargo craft atop its Soyuz rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Image credit: NASA/Mark Bowman

The ISS Progress 37 cargo carrier launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. EDT.

Scheduled to dock at the International Space Station Saturday, the unmanned Progress spaceship is loaded with 2.6 tons of food, fuel, oxygen, propellant and supplies for the Expedition 23 crew.

 

[Zipi]

Energia's launch photo report: http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss23/prog ... 04-28.html

 

[EarthlingX]

For watching it full screen, you have to go to YouTube :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzDxkfE82B8
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzDxkfE82B8[/youtube]

 

[MarkStanaway]

Re: April 28, Soyuz-FG - Progress M-05M (37P)

SiberianTiger has posted his great infopack: http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=15455

Cargo Manifest:

Refueling system propellants amount     870 kg
* Oxygen                                 50 kg
Water in Rodnik ("Creek") system tanks  100 kg
Self fuel reserve available for the ISS 250 kg

Pressured section cargo (total mass 1318 kg)

Equpiment for systems:
* SOGS gas mixture composition control   33 kg
* SVO water supply control               73 kg
* SOTR heat exchange conrtol              6 kg
* SUBA equipment control                  5 kg
* BITS2-12 telemetry                      2 kg
* BVS computers                           3 kg
* STTS telephone and telegraph comms      2 kg
STOR maintenance and repair items         5 kg
Hygiene and sanitation items             71 kg
Food rations, fresh products            325 kg
Medical equipment, underwear,
personal hygiene and care               155 kg

FGB Zarya equipment                      64 kg
MRM2 Poisk equipment                     53 kg
Scientific equipment                     19 kg
Onboard documentation, crew parcel,
video and photo equipment                35 kg

Equipment for Russian crewmembers        42 kg

Storable Equipment (Package #9)           5 kg

American Sergent delivery, including
food rations, life support means,
medical, personal hygiene and care means,
zero 6 prophylaxis means                420 kg

Total cargo mass                       2588 kg

Seeing this cargo manifest reminded me of an account posted by one recent Russian ISS cosmonaut of the challenge involved in unpacking one of these Progress craft:
Writing this blog he noted that the equipment in the module was held on by rigid frames secured by bolts and ropes. 'Unlike Americans or Japanese, Russians fasten their cargo in Progress craft securely enough to see it through a nuclear war. Our partners have long stopped using frames and bolts, which makes their cargo a cinch to unpack. As for our packages nothing has changed since the first spaceflight ever' he grumbled.
He continued 'In the absence of gravity unscrewing a bolt tightened by a tough workman back on earth is no mean feat. My colleague and I received parcels this time, but I feel the mission will be over by the time we have made it through all the packaging. Sweets from home taste better when you earn them the hard way.'

'Spaceflight' Jan 2010 p 19.
Mark

 

[Zipi]

Roscosmos official launch video:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfrCRjSp5ac[/youtube]

 

[EarthlingX]

Beautiful

It will dock in a couple of hours :

Progress M-05M to Dock to the ISS Today

:: 01.05.2010

Progress M-05M which flew from Baikonur on April 28 is to dock to the International Space Station today, at 22.35 MSK. The cargo supply spaceship is to deliver about 2.6t of cargo to the International Space Station.
Live of the docking sequence will be available at Vesti.ru.

Vesti - High quality

Vesti - Low quality

Probably on NASA TV too :

NASA TV stream

 

[EarthlingX]

http://www.federalspace.ru : Progress M-05М Docked to the ISS under Control of ISS Commander Oleg Kotov

:: 01.05.2010

Russian Progress M-05М cargo spaceship successfully docked to the International Space Station this evening, at 22:30 Moscow time.

The Progress is now attached to the Pirs docking port.

The Progress was not able to dock to the space station in automatic mode Saturday. Automatic rendezvous sequence failed at range of about 1,000 m. Following the order from MCC, at 22:30 Moscow time, ISS commander Oleg Kotov docked Progress M-05M manually.

Progress M-05M delivered more than 2500 kg of cargo to the station, including propellant, oxygen, food, scientific equipment, additional hardware for ISS RS and USOS, crew parcels.
The Progress was launched by the Soyuz rocket from Baikonur on April 28.

Roscosmos PAO

(ISS Live 2010/05/01 22:50 UTC)

Astro_Soichi :

Amazing view! Progress rocket launch, seen from International Space Station

 

[EarthlingX]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmwkcxkP9EI[/youtube]

 

[EarthlingX]

One more image, by Astro_Soichi :

Progress docked to ISS " fruit"fully

 

[MeteorWayne]

They had to dock it manually:

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/sp ... 00501.html

A new unmanned cargo ship loaded with tons of supplies successfully docked at the International Space Station Saturday despite a last-minute failure that forced a Russian cosmonaut to take control and guide the robotic freighter in manually.

Russian space station commander Oleg Kotov took manual control of the automated cargo ship, called Progress 37, while it hovered about 3,280 feet (1,000 meters) away from the orbiting lab with 2.6 tons (2,359 kg) of supplies onboard.

Kotov, a colonel in the Russian Air Force, used a remote control station set up inside the station to guide the 24-foot (7.4-foot) long spacecraft into a Russian docking port on the Earth-facing side of the orbiting laboratory. With deft hands, Kotov flew the Progress 37 in to a 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 GMT) docking as the space station flew 220 miles (354 km) over southern Russia.

 

[EarthlingX]

www.federalspace.ru : Progress M-05M to Depart from the ISS Today

:: 25.10.2010

Progress M-05M / International space station (ISS) attached mission is almost over.
Today, at 18:25 Moscow time, an undocking command for the automatic cargo vehicle will be issued from the ISS. Three minutes later, the Progress will be separated from the docking port on the Pirs module.
After separation, the Progress will continue flying autonomously till Nov. 15.
Pirs' port is to be occupied by Progress M-08M slated for launch on Oct. 27, at 19.11, and for docking on Oct. 30, at 20.39.

Roscosmos PAO

 

[EarthlingX]

www.federalspace.ru : Progress M-05M Autonomous Mission

:: 25.10.2010

Today, on Oct. 25, cargo vehicle Progress M-05M undocked from the International Space Station Pirs module at 18:25 Moscow time.
The autonomous mission will last about 3 weeks. Within these days, geophysical experiment is to be carried out, and then the Progress is to be deorbited and drowned in the South Pacific.
Progress M-05M was launched from Baikonur on Feb. 28, and delivered about 2600 t of cargo to the station, including food, water, propellant, air, etc. The Progress also assisted ISS reboost on May 26.

Roscosmos PAO