NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 2007-033A
Progress M-61, also named as Progress 26, is a Russian automatic cargo transport craft that was launched from Baikonur at 17:34 UT on 02 August 2007. It carried 2.3 tonnes of food, fuel, air, and water to the International Space Station (ISS), and docked with the Zvezda module of the ISS at 18:40 UT on 05 August 2007. In anticipation of its arrival, the previously docked Progress-M 59, carrying tonnes of garbage, was ejected at 18:07 UT on 02 August to let it deorbit and burn in the atmosphere after five hours.
Launch Date: 2007-08-02
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan
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