Progress M1-9

Progress M1-9

Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2002-045A
SATCAT no.	27531
Mission duration	129 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Progress-M1 s/n 258
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	25 September 2002, 16:58:24 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-FG
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	1 February 2003, 20:00:28 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	281.5 km
Apogee altitude	323.5 km
Inclination	51.6°
Period	minutes
Epoch	25 September 2002
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Zvezda aft
Docking date	29 September 2002, 17:00:54 UTC
Undocking date	1 February 2003, 16:00:54 UTC
Time docked	125 days
Cargo
Mass	2500 kg
Progress ISS Resupply

Progress M1-9, identified by NASA as Progress 9P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 258.

Launch

Progress M1-9 was launched by a Soyuz-FG carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 16:58:24 UTC on 25 September 2002.

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 17:00:54 UTC on 29 September 2002. It remained docked for 125 days before undocking at 16:00:54 GMT on 1 February 2003. to make way for Progress M-47 It was deorbited at 19:10:00 UTC on the same day, burning up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean just six hours after the Space Shuttle Columbia had disintegrated over Texas. Any remaining debris from Progress M1-9 landed in the ocean at around 20:00:28 UTC.

Progress M1-9 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.

See also

• List of Progress flights
• Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station