Cargo finally reaches ISS after Progress M-028M is launched successfully – this time on a Soyuz-U

by | Jul 3, 2015 | commercial launch services, International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz, SpaceX | 0 comments

After a series of three unrelated launch failures, the crew on board the International Space Station (ISS) finally got resupplied when the unmanned freighter Progress M-028M lifted off as planned from Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam, Kazakhstan at 0455 GMT on 3 July 2015.  The craft later rendezvoused and docked with the ISS on 5 July 2015 at 0711 GMT at the Pirs module.

The mission was launched using the standard Soyuz-U launch vehicle used to transport Progress cargo missions. This meant that there would not be another separation mishap as happened on the previous Progress M-027M on 28 April 2015 when a design/coupling issue with the new Soyuz design, the Soyuz 2-1a, caused the spacecraft to separate at the wrong time. It was subsequently damaged beyond use in a space explosion.

The Progress M-028M mission became vital to the ISS astronauts after the loss of two other ISS resupply missions: the Antares 130 launch failure which lost the Cygnus Orb 3 mission happened late last year, while in June, the launch failure of the Falcon 9R lost the Dragon CRS-7 ISS resupply flight.

 

About Seradata

Seradata produce the renowned Seradata database. Trusted by over 100 of the world’s leading Space organisations, Seradata is a fully queryable database used for market analysis, failure/risk assessment, spectrum analysis and space situational awareness (SSA).

For more information go to https://www.seradata.com/product/

Related Articles

Categories

Archives

Tags

nasaspacexecoreviewsissesaArianespacevideochinaFalcon 9v1.2FT Block 525virgin galacticULAfalcon 9RoscosmosevaDGAspacewalkaviation weekaressoyuzIGTInternational Space StationRocket LabBeidouawardsBlue OriginStarlinkspaceSatellite broadcastingrussiamoonboeingAirbus DSISROCargo Return VehicleresearchOneWebmarsblogspaceshiptwojaxaorionmarsimpactdelayhyperbolaEutelsatdemocratrocketlunarhypertextobamagoogle lunar prizelaunchVegabarack obamaconstellationSEStourismnorthfiguresthales alenia spacespaceflightnode 2fundedIntelsatRaymond Lygo2009Lockheed MartinExpress MD-2Elon MuskAtlas Vromess2dassault aviationaviationLucy2008wk2sstlukradiomissilesuborbitaldocking portexplorationAriane 5 ECAVirgin OrbittestinternetLong March 2D/2sts-122Ariane 5Northrop GrummanSLSChina Manned Space EngineeringElectronflightspace tourism2010cotsnewspapermissile defensegalileospaceportExpress AMU 1Long March 4Cbuildspace stationaltairsoyuz 2-1aProton Minternational astronautical congressshuttlespace shuttleEuropean Space AgencyLauncherOneCosmosIntelsat 23scaled compositesnew yorkrulesAriane 6hanleybudgetatvVietnamshenzhoucongressMojaveboldenLong March 2COrbital ATKInmarsatcnesnew shepardiaclunar landerGuiana Space CenterkscApollolawsSpace Systems/LoralUK Space AgencyLong March 4BKuaizhou 1AILSprotonUS Air ForceTalulah RileydarpaElectron KSFalcon 9v1.2 Block 5Vega CeuAstriumSkylonpicturebaseusaastronautdragonlanderfiveeventTelesatNorth KoreaSSLAprilSNC50thinterviewLong MarchSea LaunchfalconWednesdaycustomerlinkatlantissuccessor