Progress M1-2

Progress M1-2 was a Progress spacecraft which was launched by Russia in 2000 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress M1-2

Mission type	Mir resupply
Operator	Roskosmos MirCorp
COSPAR ID	2000-021A
SATCAT no.	26301
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Progress-M1 11F615A55
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	25 April 2000, 20:08:02 (2000-04-25UTC20:08:02Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	15 October 2000, 23:29 (2000-10-15UTC23:30Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Inclination	51.6 degrees
Docking with Mir
Docking port	Kvant-1 Aft
Docking date	27 April 2000, 21:28:47 UTC
Undocking date	15 October 2000, 18:06 UTC
Time docked	171 days

Spacecraft

It was a Progress-M1 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 252.^[1]

Progress M1-2 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 20:08:02 GMT on 25 April 2000.^[1] The spacecraft docked with the Aft port on the Kvant-1 module of Mir at 21:28:47 GMT on 27 April.^[2][3] It remained docked for 171 days before undocking at 18:06 GMT on 15 October to make way for Progress M-43.^[2] It was deorbited later the same day. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean at around 23:29 GMT.^[4][5][6]

Progress M1-2 carried supplies to Mir, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. Progress M1-2 was the first privately funded resupply mission to a space station. It was funded by RKK Energia as part of the MirCorp programme.^[7] It was the last Progress spacecraft to be docked to Mir whilst a crew was present aboard the station.

See also

• Spaceflight portal

• 2000 in spaceflight
• List of Progress flights
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir