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Old May 26th 04, 03:20 PM
Jacques van Oene
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Default Launch of transport cargo vehicle Progress M-49

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
about the launch of transport cargo vehicle Progress M-49
to the International Space Station



May 25, 2004. Baikonur Cosmodrome.

In compliance with the International Space Station (ISS) flight program and
obligations of the Russian Party under the ISS Project rocket and space
complex Soyuz-U/Progress M-49 was launched at 16:34:23 Moscow summer time
from Baikonur cosmodrome.
The aim of the launch is to deliver necessary cargoes to the ISS to continue
operation of the Orbital Complex and create habitation and working
conditions for the crew.
According to the ISS assembly program, the Progress M-49 flight designation
is 14P.
The refueling compartment of Progress M-49 contains about 640 kg of
propellant, 28 kg of oxygen, 20 kg of air, 420 kg of potable water. Its
cargo compartment accommodates about 1.2 tons of dry cargoes including food
products, equipment and aids for the station onboard systems, individual
protection gear, sets of crew procedures, video and photo equipment, parcels
for the crew, structural elements, payloads for the US On-Orbit Segment,
hardware and materials for space experiments.
The vehicle was launched into orbit with maximum altitude of 252.0 km,
minimum altitude of 193.1 km, period of revolution of 88.65 min and
inclination of 51.66°.
The vehicle onboard systems operate normally.
The vehicle and ISS docking is scheduled on 27 May 2004 with berthing to the
axial docking port of Russian Service Module Zvezda. The estimated time of
the docking assembly contact is 17:55. Cargo vehicle Progress M1-11, that
has been operating as part of the Orbital Complex since 31 May 2004, cleared
the docking port on 24 May 2004. This vehicle that was transferred to a safe
distance after the docking will continue its on-orbit flight during the
following ten days under a permanent control of MCC-M specialists,
supporting performance of the science experiments under the autonomous
flight program. Following that, it will be transferred to the descent
trajectory and deorbit in the assigned area of the Pacific Ocean.
The decision about complex Soyuz-U/ProgressM-49 launch was taken by the
Government Board (co-chairmen: N.F. Moiseev, V.A. Grin') based on the
conclusion of the Technical Management about the readiness of the Space
Complex and ground infrastructure components involved in the ISS program
implementation.
The prelaunch processing was directly led by the Technical Management (Yu.P.
Semenov, Technical Manager of Russian Piloted Space Programs, General
Designer of S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, Academician of the Russian Academy of
Sciences).
The vehicle and Space Station flight is under control of the Lead
Operational Control Team (LOCT) located in the Mission Control Center in
Moscow (MCC-M), Korolev, Moscow area (Flight Director is pilot-cosmonaut
V.A. Soloviev, S.P. Korolev RSC Energia).
The ISS Orbital Complex operates in orbit with the following parameters:
maximum altitude of 385.6 km, minimum altitude of 359.5 km, period of
revolution of 91.8 min and inclination of 51.65°. The Russian Segment
consists of Functional Cargo Module Zarya, Service Module Zvezda, docking
module Pirs, manned transport spacecraft Soyuz TMA-4. The US On-orbit
Segment consists of modules Unity and Destiny, airlock Quest, multi-link
truss structure with deployed solar arrays. Total mass of the ISS is about
175.2 tons.
According to the telemetry information and reports made by the ISS
Expedition 9 crew (ISS-9): Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (commander) and
US astronaut Mike Fincke (flight engineer), all station onboard systems
operate in the designed modes.
The Space Station is ready for docking with a new cargo vehicle.




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