Progress MS-03
 Progress MS-03 undocking from the Pirs on 31 January 2017 | |
| Names | Progress 64P |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2016-045A |
| SATCAT no. | 41670 |
| Mission duration | 199 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress MS-03 s/n 433 |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-MS |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Launch mass | 7281 kg |
| Payload mass | 2425 kg |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 16 July 2016, 21:41:45 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U (s/n G15000-147) |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31/6 |
| Contractor | RKTs Progress |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 31 January 2017 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.65° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Pirs |
| Docking date | 19 July 2016, 00:20 UTC |
| Undocking date | 31 January 2017, 14:25 UTC |
| Time docked | 196 days |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 2425 kg |
| Pressurised | 1230 kg |
| Fuel | 705 kg |
| Gaseous | 50 kg |
| Water | 420 kg |
Progress MS-03 (Russian: Прогресс МC-03), identified by NASA as Progress 64P, was a Progress spaceflight operated by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).[2] It was the first Progress MS to have an external compartment for releasing satellites.[3]
History
[edit]Progress was the first cargo spacecraft to fly in space (1978), and also the first to bring freight back to Earth, thanks to a Raduga capsule. It was developed to supply the Salyut 6 space station and which was subsequently supply the crews of