Progress M-48

Progress M-48

Progress M-48 approaching the ISS.
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2003-039A
SATCAT no.	27873
Mission duration	152 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Progress-M s/n 248
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	29 August 2003, 01:47:59 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	28 January 2004, 13:57:12 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	253 km
Apogee altitude	347 km
Inclination	51.6°
Period	90.5 minutes
Epoch	29 August 2003
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Zvezda aft
Docking date	31 August 2003, 03:40:45 UTC
Undocking date	28 January 2004, 08:35:56 UTC
Time docked	150 days
Cargo
Mass	2600 kg
Progress ISS Resupply

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 248.¹

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 2003.¹

The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 03:40:45 UTC on 31 August.²³ It remained docked for 150 days before undocking at 08:35:56 UTC on 28 January 2004² to make way for Progress M1-11.⁴ It was deorbited at 13:11 UTC on the same day.² 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.²⁵

Progress M-48 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.