Progress M-48

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Progress M-48
File:Progress M-48.jpg
Progress M-48 approaching the ISS
Mission type ISS resupply
Operator Roskosmos
COSPAR ID 2003-039A
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Progress-M 11F615A55
Manufacturer RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date 29 August 2003, 01:47:59 (2003-08-29UTC01:47:59Z) UTC
Rocket Soyuz-U
Launch site Baikonur Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal Deorbited
Decay date 28 January 2004, 13:57:12 (2004-01-28UTC13:57:13Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Inclination 51.6 degrees
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 5 months

Progress M-48, identified by NASA as Progress 12 or 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 GMT on 29 August 2003.[1] The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 03:40:45 GMT on 31 August.[2][3] It remained docked for five months before undocking at 08:35:56 GMT on 28 January 2004[2] to make way for Progress M1-11.[4] It was deorbited at 13:11 GMT 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 GMT.[2][5]

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

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