Progress M-56

Progress M-56
Spacecraft properties
Progress M-56 approaching the ISS

Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2006-013A

Spacecraft type	Progress-M 11F615A55
Manufacturer	RKK Energia

Start of mission
Launch date	24 April 2006, 16:03:25 (2006-04-24UTC16:03:25Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur Site 1/5

End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	19 September 2006, 04:14:40 (2006-09-19UTC04:14:41Z) UTC

Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Inclination	51.6 degrees

Docking with ISS
Docking port	Zvezda Aft
Docking date	26 April 2006, 17:41:31 UTC
Undocking date	19 September 2006, 00:28:17 UTC
Time docked	5 months

Progress M-56, identified by NASA as Progress 21 or 21P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 356.^[1]

Progress M-56 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 16:03:25 GMT on 24 April 2006.^[1] The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 17:41:31 GMT on 26 April.^[2]^[3] It remained docked for five months before undocking at 00:28:17 GMT on 19 September 2006^[2] to make way for Soyuz TMA-9.^[4] It was deorbited at 03:28 GMT on 19 September 2006.^[2] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 04:14:40 GMT.^[2]^[5]

Progress M-56 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Anikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-56"". Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
^ Wade, Mark. "Progress M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2009-06-05. ^{[dead link]}
^ Zak, Anatoly. "Progress cargo ship". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-06-05.

v t e Progress spacecraft

Progress 7K-TG	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Kosmos 1669

Progress-M 11F615A55	M-1 M-2 M-3 M-4 M-5 M-6 M-7 M-8 M-9 M-10 M-11 M-12 M-13 M-14 M-15 M-16 M-17 M-18 M-19 M-20 M-21 M-22 M-23 M-24 M-25 M-26 M-27 M-28 M-29 M-30 M-31 M-32 M-33 M-34 M-35 M-36 M-37 M-38 M-39 M-40 M-41 M-42 M-43 M-44 M-45 M-46 M-47 M-48 M-49 M-50 M-51 M-52 M-53 M-54 M-55 M-56 M-57 M-58 M-59 M-60 M-61 M-62 M-63 M-64 M-65 M-66 M-67

Progress-M1 11F615A55	M1-1 M1-2 M1-3 M1-4 M1-5 M1-6 M1-7 M1-8 M1-9 M1-10 M1-11

Progress-M 11F615A60	M-01M M-02M M-03M M-04M M-05M M-06M M-07M M-08M M-09M M-10M M-11M M-12M M-13M M-14M M-15M M-16M M-17M M-18M M-19M M-20M M-21M M-22M M-23M M-24M M-25M M-26M M-27M

Progress-MS	MS-1 MS-2 MS-3

Other	M-SO1 M-MIM2 M-UM

List of Progress flights

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Future	Orb-D · HTV-4 · 52P · SpX-3 · 53P · Orb-1 · Orb-2 · SpX-8

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