Launch News Progress M-10M atop Soyuz-U on April 27, 2010

[SiberianTiger]

Progress M-10M will deliver about 2.64 t of cargo to the orbital outpost, including propellant, oxygen, food, scientific equipment, additional hardware for ISS RS and USOS, and private deliveries for the crew.

Launch location:

Baikonur Launch pad no. 1/5 45°55'12.85"N, 63°20'32.27"E

Launch dates and times:

[table="head"]{colsp=6}Launch times

Time Zone|

Australia - Sydney/AEST ​

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Baikonur / UTC+6 ​

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Moscow / MSKS (UTC+4)/ ​

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Universal / UTC ​

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Washington / EDT ​

Launch time (Primary): ​

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11:05:22 p.m.​

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19:05:22​

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17:05:22​

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13:05:22​

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9:05:22 a.m.​

on: ​

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Apr. 27, 2011​

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Apr. 27, 2011​

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Apr. 27, 2011​

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Apr. 27, 2011​

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Apr. 27, 2011​

Launch time (Backup): ​

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10:17:08 p.m.​

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18:17:08​

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16:17:08​

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12:17:08​

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8:17:08 a.m.​

on: ​

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Apr. 29, 2011​

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Apr. 29, 2011​

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Apr. 29, 2011​

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Apr. 29, 2011​

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Apr. 29, 2011​

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[table="head"]{colsp=6}Docking times

Time Zone|

Australia - Sydney/AEST ​

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Moscow / MSKS (UTC+4)/ ​

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Universal / UTC ​

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Washington / EST ​

Docking time (Primary): ​

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12:29 a.m. ±3 min​

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18:29 ±3 min​

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14:29 ±3 min​

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10:29 a.m. ±3 min​

on: ​

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Apr. 30, 2011​

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Apr. 29, 2011​

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Apr. 29, 2011​

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Apr. 29, 2011​

Docking time (Backup): ​

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11:58 p.m. ±3 min​

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17:58 ±3 min​

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13:58 ±3 min​

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9:58 p.m. ±3 min​

on: ​

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May 1, 2011​

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May 1, 2011​

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May 1, 2011​

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May 1, 2011​

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[highlight][eventTimer]2011-04-29 14:29:00?before|after;%dd% Days %hh% Hours %mm% Minutes %ss% Seconds %c%[/eventTimer] Progress M-10M docking to ISS[/highlight]​

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Live Coverage Of The Launch:

• TSENKI Video Streams: http://www.tsenki.com/broadcast/broadcast/ - coverage since 15:00 MSKS, 27/4 (11:00 a.m. UTC) till 18:00 MSKS (14:00 p.m. UTC)
• Vesti (short stand-up right before launch): http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=onair

Progress M-10M (industry id 11F615A60 #410, NASA id Progress 42P) cargo spaceship

Cargo Manifest

Refueling system propellants amount     627 kg
* Oxygen                                 51 kg
Water in Rodnik ("Creek") system tanks  420 kg
Self fuel reserve available for the ISS 250 kg

Pressured section cargo (total mass 1297 kg)

Equpiment for systems:
* SOGS gas mixture composition control   24 kg
* SVO water supply control               20 kg
* SOTR heat exchange conrtol             14 kg
* SUBA equipment control                 12 kg
STOR maintenance and repair items        10 kg
Hygiene and sanitation items            118 kg
SIZ Invividual protection items          62 kg
Food rations, fresh products            194 kg
Medical equipment, underwear,
personal hygiene and care                94 kg

FGB Zarya equipment                      54 kg
Onboard documentation, crew parcel,
video and photo equipment                22 kg
Soyuz TMA-M spacehip's equipment        141 kg
Onboard documentation, crew parcel,
video and photo equipment                23 kg
Scientific equipment, including equipment
for experiments "Typology", "Polygen",
"Rasteniya" ("Plants"), "Biorisk", "Cascade",
"Bioemulsia", "BIF", "Aseptic", "ARIL", "OChB",
"Conjugatsiya", "Membrana", "SLS", "Bar",
"Matryoshka-R", "Glavbox-S" equpment    141 kg

A special delivery for Russian
crewmembers                              88 kg

American Sergent delivery, including
food rations, personal hygiene and care
items                                   444 kg

Total cargo mass                       2645 kg

Mission Profile

Ascent Chart:

Approach and Docking Chart:

Docking is performed to SO-1 Pirs -Y docking node

[table="head"]{colsp=3}Initial Orbit Data Summary
Parameter|Progress M-10M (27.04.2011)|ISS (29.04.2011)

Time of Separation, MSKS:​

|17:14:11.18|

Period:​

|88.59 ± 0,37 min|91.41 min

Inclination:​

|51.66 ± 0,06 °|51.66 min

ApA:​

|245 ± 42 km|364.8 km

PeA:​

|193 +7/-15 km|345.1 km

Phase angle between the space ship and the ISS:​

|255°|

Initial Orbit's Decay time:​

|>20 orbits, 30 hrs|
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Transfer manoeuvres
(two days long approach scheme applied)

• 1st two-burn manoeuvre

[TABLE="head"]Date|Burn at|Orbit #|Delta V, m/s|Burn duration, s|post-burn T,min|post-burn i,deg|post-burn h,km|post-burn H,km
27.04.11|20:41:55|3|19,13|48,6|89,23|51,65|214,7|270,2
27.04.11|21:39:51|4|3,62|10,2|89,35|51,62|220,2|280,2
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• 2nd one-burn correction

[TABLE="head"]Date|Burn at|Orbit #|Delta V, m/s|Burn duration, s|post-burn T,min|post-burn i,deg|post-burn h,km|post-burn H,km
28.04.11|18:06:55|17|2,00|29,5|89,40|51,66|226,1|278,9
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Autonomous approach program is initiated at 16:08:19

4. Approach at the Close range

Flyaround, station keeping and docking are to be performed on April 29th, 2011 since 18 hrs 06 min 08 sec till making contact

5. Docking

Contact and capture are to be performed on April 29th, 2011 at 18 hrs 29 min 00 sec ±3 min

Launch Vehicle:

[table="head"]{colsp=2}Characteristics

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Soyuz-U​

Prime contractor:​

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• Samara Space Sentre (Energia Holding enterprise)
  

GRAU Index:​

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• 11A511U

Height:​

| 51.1 m

Diameter:​

| max 10.3 m

Liftoff mass:​

| 313 metric tonnes

Payload mass:​

| 6.95 tonnes at ISS orbit from Baikonur

1st stage (boosters B, V, G, D):​

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• 4 X RD-117 engines
• Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
• Thrust/ISP in vacuum - / 316 s
• Thrust/ISP at sea level 79.4 tonnes / 253 s
• Total 1st stage's thrust at sea level: 411.1 tonnes

2nd stage (core A):​

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• 1 X RD-118 engine
• Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
• Thrust/ISP in vacuum 102 tonnes / 314 s
• Thrust/ISP at sea level 83.5 tonnes / 257 s

3rd stage (block I):​

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• 1 X RD-0110 engine
• Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
• Thrust/ISP in vacuum 30.38 tonnes / 359 s

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Weather forecast for Baikonur, Kazakhstan on April 27, 2011 (19 p.m.)

Time|Temps|Wind|Chill|Heat Index|UV Index|Dew Point|Relative Humidity|Precip|Snow|Clouds|Visibility|Wind|Weather
7 PM|19°C|19°C|19°C|0|Low|-2°C|23%|0%|0%|72%|16KM|NNE
11mph
6 AM|-9°C|-9°C|-9°C|0|Low|-8°C|100%|20%|19%|78%|16KM|WSW 4.9 m/s|

M Cloudy

Sunrise/Sunset and associated twilight times for Baikonur on Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Times are local.

Event|Time
Astronomical twilight begins|04 : 42
Nautical twilight begins|05 : 27
Civil twilight begins|06 : 07
Sunrise|06 : 38
Transit (sun is at its highest)|13 : 44
Sunset|20 : 50
Civil twilight ends|21 : 20
Nautical twilight ends|22 : 01
Astronomical twilight ends|22 : 45

References
http://www.federalspace.ru
http://tvroscosmos.ru
http://www.tsenki.com
http://www.samspace.ru
http://www.npoenergomash.ru/engines/
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Forecast.aspx
http://www.good-stuff.co.uk/suntimes/sunmap.php

 

[orb]

There's Calendar Event created for the launch. Here you can request a reminder for it.

 

[IronRain]

Encapsulation​

 

[SiberianTiger]

Few pictures from the launch preparations.

A view at the process of erection from the blast pit:

 

[SiberianTiger]

Few strange things I noticed in the cargo manifest published at both http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=16664 (in Russian) and http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/progress_m10m.htm:

Soyuz TMA-M spacehip's equipment 141 kg

What's in such big amount for a Soyuz?

video and photo equipment 22 kg
Soyuz TMA-M spacehip's equipment 141 kg
Onboard documentation, crew parcel,
video and photo equipment 23 kg

That's not my error in translation, the same item mentioned twice with different masses.

And finally,

Total cargo mass 2645 kg

If you sum by the rows, you get 2809 kilos!

I REALLY, REALLY hope the error is present on the websites for public only, and not directly quoted from launch manuals. Otherwise, we may be witnessing departure of another Hawaii-bound delivery today! :blink::facepalm:

 

[N_Molson]

lol, maybe it would be worthy to send an e-mail to Roscosmos ? :uhh:

 

[SiberianTiger]

lol, maybe it would be worthy to send an e-mail to Roscosmos ? :uhh:

Sent.

 

[N_Molson]

Live link, there is a speech but I don't get a word of it, of course !

http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=onair

---------- Post added at 01:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:04 PM ----------

Well, we should be at T+0, so I guess there is a delay ?

---------- Post added at 01:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:06 PM ----------

No, that was a wrong link, the launch is successful, as far as I can see :

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=24133.15

 

[orb]

The Soyuz lifted off as planned. There was simply no live coverage on Vesti.ru (but only on TV Tsenki).

 

[N_Molson]

From NASA spaceflight forum :

 

[SiberianTiger]

Well, we should be at T+0, so I guess there is a delay ?

I didn't have a video, but the liftoff happened on time.

 

[SiberianTiger]

There's message at Roscosmos website:
http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=16674

Launch happened at 17:05:21 MSK.

 

[orb]

NASASpaceflight: Progress M-10M launches on cargo run to International Space Station

Spaceflight Now: Space station resupply ship launched ahead of Endeavour

Here's calendar event for docking of Progress M-10M to ISS.

 

[SiberianTiger]

A high-res launch photo:

 

[IronRain]

Video of the launch

 

[SiberianTiger]

Video WITH the sound. And wow, they layered over the launch officers exchange (does someone need this to be translated?)

 

[IronRain]

Video WITH the sound. And wow, they layered over the launch officers exchange (does someone need this to be translated?)

I do

 

[SiberianTiger]

So here it is:

[table="head"]Time mark in the vid|Phrase in Russian|Translation
0:06|Пуск|LAUNCH
0:07|Есть пуск, бортовое питание|Roger launch, switching to on-board supply
0:11|Зажигание, кислород|Ignition, oxygen
0:17|Предварительная|PRELIMINARY
0:23|Промежуточная|INTERMEDIATE
0:26|Главная, подъём|MAIN, LIFT-OFF
0:28|Прошёл контакт подъёма, двигатели центрального и боковых блоков ракеты-носителя вышли на режим главной ступени тяги|Cleared lift-off contact, engines of the core and side blocks of the launch vehicle have acquired the main stage of thrust
0:31|пять|five
0:36|десять|ten
0:38|Параметры системы управления ракеты-носителя в норме|Parameters of the launch vehicle's guidance system are nominal
0:41|пятнадцать|fifteen
0:46|двадцать|twenty
0:48|Двигатели первой и второй ступени работают нормально|Engines of first and second stages are working nominally
0:51|двадцать пять|twenty five
0:56|тридцать|thirty
0:58|Параметры конструкции ракеты-носителя в норме|Parameters of the launch vehicle's structure are nominal
1:06|сорок|forty
1:08|Стабилизация изделия устойчивая|Stabilization of the article is nominal
1:16|пятьдесят|fifty
1:18|Давление в камерах двигателей в норме|Pressure in engine chambers is nominal
1:26|шестьдесят|sixty
1:28|Тангаж, рысканье, вращение в норме|Pitch, yaw, roll are nominal
1:36|семьдесят|seventy
1:38|Полёт нормальный|Flight is nominal
1:46|восемьдесят|eighty
1:48|Параметры системы управления ракеты-носителя в норме|Parameters of the launch vehicle's guidance system are nominal
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In addition to this, here is my version of the preceding message exchange usual to a Soyuz LV launch procedures: http://orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=10418

And this is very cool view of the launching rocket from top of the lightning divertor (I think):

 

[SiberianTiger]

By the way, I have noticed Roscomos fixed the Cargo Manifest data, both at Roscosmos and MCC websites. Maybe there's my contribution to this?..

The fixed version is:

Refueling system propellants amount     627 kg
* Oxygen                                 51 kg
Water in Rodnik ("Creek") system tanks  420 kg
Self fuel reserve available for the ISS 250 kg

Pressured section cargo (total mass 1297 kg)

Equpiment for systems:
* SOGS gas mixture composition control   24 kg
* SVO water supply control               20 kg
* SOTR heat exchange conrtol             14 kg
* SUBA equipment control                 12 kg
STOR maintenance and repair items        10 kg
Hygiene and sanitation items            118 kg
SIZ Invividual protection items          62 kg
Food rations, fresh products            194 kg
Medical equipment, underwear,
personal hygiene and care                94 kg

FGB Zarya equipment                      54 kg
Onboard documentation, crew parcel,
video and photo equipment                22 kg


Scientific equipment, including equipment
for experiments "Typology", "Polygen",
"Rasteniya" ("Plants"), "Biorisk", "Cascade",
"Bioemulsia", "BIF", "Aseptic", "ARIL", "OChB",
"Conjugatsiya", "Membrana", "SLS", "Bar",
"Matryoshka-R", "Glavbox-S" equpment    141 kg
A special delivery for Russian
crewmembers                              88 kg
American Sergent delivery, including
food rations, personal hygiene and care
items                                   444 kg

Total cargo mass                       2645 kg

Removed lines:

Soyuz TMA-M spacehip's equipment        141 kg
Onboard documentation, crew parcel,
video and photo equipment                23 kg

 

[N_Molson]

Maybe there's my contribution to this?

That would be awesome ! :lol: Soon space agencies will ask Orbiter Forum to check their lists and calculations before each launch :rofl:

!