Progress M-44

Progress M-44 (Russian: Прогресс М-44), identified by NASA as Progress 3P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 244.^[1]

Progress M-44

Mission type	International Space Station resupply
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2001-008A
SATCAT no.	26713
Mission duration	49 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Progress-M s/n 244
Manufacturer	RSC Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	26 February 2001, 08:09:35 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	16 April 2001, 14:11 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	193 km
Apogee altitude	243 km
Inclination	51.6°
Period	88.64 minutes
Epoch	26 February 2001
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Zvezda aft
Docking date	28 February 2001, 09:49:47 UTC
Undocking date	16 April 2001, 08:48 UTC
Time docked	47 days
Cargo
Mass	2500 kg
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Launch

Progress M-44 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 08:09:35 UTC on 26 February 2001.^[1] The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 09:49:47 UTC on 28 February 2001.^[2][3]

Docking

It remained docked for 47 days before undocking at 08:48 UTC on 16 April 2001.^[2] It was deorbited at 13:23 UTC 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 14:11 UTC.^[2][4]

Progress M-44 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. It was the first Progress-M spacecraft to visit the ISS, previous resupply missions having used the Progress-M1.

See also

• Spaceflight portal

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