Progress M-67

Progress M-67

Mission type	ISSresupply
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2009-040A
SATCATno.	35641
Mission duration	65 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Progresss/n 367
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	24 July 2009, 10:56:56 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur,Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	27 September 2009
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Inclination	51.6°
Epoch	24 July 2009
Docking withISS
Docking port	Zvezdaaft
Docking date	29 July 2009, 11:12 UTC
Undocking date	21 September 2009, 07:25 UTC
Time docked	54 days
Cargo
Mass	2300 kg
Pressurised	1200 kg (dry cargo)
Fuel	830 kg
Gaseous	50 kg (oxygen)
Progress ISS Resupply

Progress M-67(Russian:Прогресс М-67) was aProgressspacecraft which was used for theProgress 34Pflight to resupply theInternational Space Station.It was aProgress-M11F615A55 spacecraft, with theserial number367. Its flight to the ISS marked the final flight of the Progress-M 11F615A55 model, which was retired in favour of the modernised Progress-M 11F615A60.

Launch

It was successfully launched aboard aSoyuz-Ucarrier rocket flying fromSite 1/5at theBaikonur Cosmodromeat 10:56:56 UTC on 24 July 2009.

Docking

It was originally scheduled to dock with the ISS on 26 July 2009, two days after launch, but following delays to the launch ofOV 105on missionSTS-127,it was decided before launch to extend the free flight period to allow the Shuttle to remain docked for the full duration of its mission. Although the Shuttle and Progress spacecraft do not use the same docking port on the ISS, a Progress cannot dock or undock whilst a Shuttle is docked to the station. FollowingEndeavour's departure on 28 July 2009, Progress M-67 docked to the aft docking port of theZvezdamodule on 29 July 2009 at 11:12 UTC after five days of free flight. During rendezvous, the Progress approached the station in an incorrect orientation, before the automatedKurssystem was deactivated, and cosmonautGennady Padalkatook over using the manualTORUsystem.

Cargo

The spacecraft delivered 50 kg of oxygen, 210 kg of water, about 830 kg of propellant and more than 1,200 kg of dry cargo to the ISS. Progress M-67 undocked from the ISS on 21 September 2009 at 07:25 UTC, in order to free up the aft docking port onZvezdafor the arrival ofSoyuz TMA-16.

Deorbited

Progress M-67 was successfully deorbited and burned up uponatmospheric reentryon 27 September 2009.