Progress M-65

Progress M-65
	Progress M-65 approaching the ISS.
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2008-043A
SATCAT no.	33340
Mission duration	89 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Progress-M s/n 365
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	10 September 2008, 19:50 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	8 December 2008, 08:49 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	348 km
Apogee altitude	357 km
Inclination	51.6°
Period	91.6 minutes
Epoch	10 September 2008
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Zvezda aft
Docking date	17 September 2008, 18:43 UTC
Undocking date	15 November 2008, 16:19 UTC
Time docked	59 days
Cargo
Mass	2800 kg
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Progress M-65 (Russian: Прогресс М-65), identified by NASA as Progress 30P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 365.

Launch

Progress M-65 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 19:50 UTC on 10 September 2008.^[1]^[2]

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module at 18:43 UTC on 17 September 2008.^[3] Docking had originally been scheduled for 21:01 GMT on 12 September 2008,^[2] but was delayed after Hurricane Ike forced NASA to close the Johnson Space Center, which houses the US mission control centre for the ISS.^[3] A backup facility at the Marshall Space Flight Center was used during the docking.^[3] Following undocking at 16:19 UTC on 15 November 2008,^[4] it conducted a Plazma-Progress experiment.^[5] It was deorbited on 8 December 2008, with the 142 second deorbit burn beginning at 08:02 UTC.^[4] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 08:49 UTC.^[4]

Cargo

Progress M-65 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. It also carried a new Orlan-MK spacesuit to replace one of the older Orlan-M suits previously used for EVAs from the station.^[2]