Progress M1-8

Progress M1-8

Progress M1-8 departing the ISS.
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2002-013A
SATCAT no.	27395
Mission duration	96 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Progress-M1 s/n 257
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	21 March 2002, 20:13:39 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	25 June 2002, 12:26:52 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	389 km
Apogee altitude	394 km
Inclination	51.6°
Period	92.4 minutes
Epoch	21 March 2002
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Zvezda aft
Docking date	24 March 2002, 20:57:56 UTC
Undocking date	25 June 2002, 08:26:30 UTC
Time docked	93 days
Cargo
Mass	2400 kg
Progress ISS Resupply

Progress M1-8, identified by NASA as Progress 7P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 257.

Launch

Progress M1-8 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 20:13:39 UTC on 21 March 2002.

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 20:57:56 UTC on 24 March 2002. It remained docked for 93 days before undocking at 08:26:30 UTC on 25 June 2002 to make way for Progress M-46. It was deorbited at 11:35:00 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 12:26:52 UTC.

Progress M1-8 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