Progress M-48
Russian cargo spacecraft
Progress M-48 (Russian: Прогресс М-48), identified by NASA as Progress 12P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 248.
01Launch
Progress M-48 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 01:47:59 UTC on 29 August 2003.
02Docking
The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 03:40:45 UTC on 31 August. It remained docked for 150 days before undocking at 08:35:56 UTC on 28 January 2004 to make way for Progress M1-11. It was deorbited at 13:11 UTC on the same day. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 13:57:12 UTC.
Progress M-48 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.
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- Progress M-48.jpg by NASA, Public domain
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