Progress M-03M

Progress M-03M (Russian: Прогресс М-03М), identified by NASA as Progress 35P, was a Progress spacecraft used by the Russian Federal Space Agency to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).

Progress M-03M

Progress M-03M is docked to the ISS.
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2009-056A
SATCAT no.	35948
Mission duration	194 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Progress-M s/n 403
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	15 October 2009, 01:14 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	27 April 2010
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	291 km
Apogee altitude	336 km
Inclination	51.6°
Period	90.79 minutes
Epoch	15 October 2009 [1]
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Pirs
Docking date	18 October 2009, 01:40 UTC
Undocking date	22 April 2010, 16:32 UTC
Time docked	186 days
Cargo
Mass	2000 kg
Pressurised	790 kg
Fuel	870 kg
Water	420 kg
Progress ISS Resupply ← Progress M-67 Progress M-MIM2 →

Launch

Progress M-03M launched on a Soyuz-U carrier rocket, flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Liftoff took place at 01:14 UTC on 15 October 2009.^[2]

Docking

Docking with the Pirs module of the ISS took place on 18 October 2009 at 01:40 UTC.^[3][4]

Cargo

Progress M-03M delivered 790 kg (1750 lb) of dry cargo, 870 kg (1918 lb) of propellant and 420 kg (926 lb) of water.

Undocking

Progress M-03M departs the ISS.

The spacecraft undocked from Pirs on 22 April 2010. Filled with trash and discarded space station items, the Progress ship was used for scientific experiments until it was deorbited, entering the Earth's atmosphere and burning up over the Pacific Ocean. The deorbit burn occurred at 18:07 UTC on 27 April 2010.^[5]

See also

• Spaceflight portal

• List of Progress flights
• Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station