Progress-M: spacecraft history, specs and record
Progress is derived from the manned Soyuz spacecraft and is launched on the same vehicle, a Soyuz rocket. The purpose of Progress is to deliver supplies needed to sustain human presence in orbit. Currently it is used as a re-supply spacecraft for the ISS.
Record
68 launches, 68 built and flown.
At a glance
- Type: Cargo Resupply
- Built by: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Status: Retired
- Crew: Uncrewed
- First flight: 1989-08-23
- Height: 7.23 m
- Diameter: 2.72 m
- Payload up: 2,600 kg
- Payload back: 150 kg
History
Progress-M is an improved variant of the original Progress which first launched on 23 August 1989. It has the following improvements: - 30 days of autonomous flight - 100kg more cargo - 150kg of return cargo using VBK-Raduga