Progress MS Flight Profile

Launch Profile

Time Event
T-00:20.00 Ignition Sequence Start
T-00:15.00 Intermediate Thrust Level
T-00.15.00 Second Umbilical Separate from Booster
T-00:10.00 Turbopumps at Flight Speed
T-00:05.00 Full Thrust Level
T+00:00.00 Fueling Towers Retract
T+00:00.00 LIFTOFF
T+01:57.48 Strap-On booster Separation
T+04:46.89 Core Stage Shutdown
T+04:47.17 Stage Separation & Third Stage Ignition
T+04:57.20 Payload Shroud Jettison
T+04:57.41 Third Stage Aft Section Cover Jettison
T+08:44.63 Third Stage Cutoff
T+08:47.93 Spacecraft Separation
Solar Panel Deployment
Communication Antenna Deployment
Mission handed over to MCC Moscow
Successful Orbital Insertion

Orbital Data
Launch Date: December 21, 2015
T-0 Time: 08:44:39 UTC
Docking: December 23, 2015
Time: 10:31 UTC
Docking Port: Pirs

Progress MS Insertion Orbit:
Perigee: 193 Kilometers (+/-2 Kilometers)
Apogee: 245 Kilometers (+/-7 Kilometers)
Inclination: 51.67 Degrees (+/-0.03°)
Period: 88.53 Minutes (+/-0.05min)
Phase Angle (to ISS): 334.3 Degrees

Space Station Orbit:
Orbit: 396 by 408 Kilometers
Inclination: 51.64 Degrees
Period: 92.60min
Image: Roscosmos/TsUP
Image: Roscosmos/TsUP

Rendezvous Profile

Event Date Time UTC
Launch Dec 21 08:44:39
Orbital Insertion Dec 21 08:53:27
Rendezvous Burn 1 Dec 21 12:21:30
Burn 1 Data: Delta-v: 15.63m/s, Duration: 40.0s Dec 21 Target Orbit: 216.9 x 258.1km
Rendezvous Burn 2 Dec 21 12:58:09
Burn 2 Data: Delta-v: 22.94m/s, Duration: 57.7s Dec 21 Target Orbit: 256.4 x 304.5km
Rendezvous Burn 3 Dec 22 09:58:28
Orbit: #18 Maneuver Dec 22 Target Orbit: 261.3 x 303.5km
Automated Rendezvous Initiation Dec 23 08:10:11
KURS-A & NA System Activation Dec 23 08:54
KURS-P System Activation Dec 23 08:56
Range 33 Kilometers, 45m/s Dec 23 09:35
Range: 20km, Range Rate: 31m/s Dec 23 09:40
KURS A&P Test, Range: 15km Dec 23 09:46
Range: 13km, Range Rate: 18m/s Dec 23 09:45
TV System Activation, Range: 8km Dec 23 09:50
Range: 5km, Rel. Velocity: 11m/s Dec 23 09:55
Ballistic Targeting Point Dec 23 13:00:11
Flyaround Initiation - Range: <400m Dec 23 13:10
Stationkeeping - Range: 180m Dec 23 10:16
Final Approach Dec 23 10:21
DOCKING Dec 23 10:31
Hooks Closed - Safe Docking Mode Dec 23 10:45

Image: Roscosmos/TsUP