Progress-M (modified): 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
29 launches, 29 built and flown.
At a glance
- Type: Cargo Resupply
- Built by: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Status: Retired
- Crew: Uncrewed
- First flight: 2008-11-26
- Height: 7.23 m
- Diameter: 2.72 m
- Payload up: 2,350 kg
History
The modified Progress-M is a uncrewed cargo spacecraft based on the Progress-M. In the new version, the Argon-16 computer is replaced by the new TsVM-101 computer. The latter is a much more capable computer, is almost 10 times lighter and much smaller. The analogue telemetry system is also replaced by a smaller digital telemetry system called MBITS.