Progress M-52

Progress M-52

Progress M-52 departing the ISS.
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2005-007A
SATCAT no.	28624
Mission duration	108 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Progress-M s/n 352
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	28 February 2005, 19:09:18 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	16 June 2005, 00:02:41 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	193 km
Apogee altitude	245 km
Inclination	51.7°
Period	88.6 minutes
Epoch	28 February 2005
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Zvezda aft
Docking date	2 March 2005, 20:10:08 UTC
Undocking date	15 June 2005, 20:16:10 UTC
Time docked	105 days
Cargo
Mass	2500 kg
Progress ISS Resupply

Progress M-52 (Russian: Прогресс М-52), identified by NASA as Progress 17P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 352.¹

Progress M-52 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 19:09:18 UTC on 28 February 2005.¹

The spacecraft docked with the port of the Zvezda aft module at 20:10:08 UTC on 2 March 2005.²³ It remained docked for 105 days before undocking at 20:16:10 UTC on 15 June 2005² to make way for Progress M-53.⁴ It was deorbited at 23:16:00 UTC on 15 June 2005.² The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 00:02:41 UTC on 16 June 2005.²⁵

Progress M-52 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. It also carried the TNS-0 (2005-007C) nanosatellite, which was deployed from the ISS on 28 February 2005 at 19:09:18 UTC.