Progress DC-1

Progress DC-1

Progress DC-1 approaching the ISS with Pirs.
Mission type	ISS assembly
Operator	Roscosmos
COSPAR ID	2001-041A
SATCAT no.	26908
Mission duration	13 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Progress-M (modified) s/n 301
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Launch mass	6900 kg
Start of mission
Launch date	14 September 2001, 23:34:55 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	27 September 2001, 00:01 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	388.2 km
Apogee altitude	393.6 km
Inclination	51.6°
Period	92.3 minutes
Epoch	14 September 2001
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Zvezda nadir (Pirs)
Docking date	17 September 2001, 01:05 UTC
Undocking date	26 September 2001, 15:36 UTC
Time docked	9 days
Payload
Pirs
Mass	3580 kg
Progress ISS assembly

Progress DC-1 (Originally designated Progress SO1) was a modified Progress 11F615A55, Russian production No. 301, used to deliver the Pirs module to the International Space Station. It has the pressurised cargo module removed to accommodate Pirs.

Launch

Progress DC-1 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 23:34:55 UTC on 14 September 2001.

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the nadir port of the Zvezda module at 01:05 UTC on 17 September 2001. It remained docked for nine days.

Undocking and Decay

On 26 September 2001 at 15:36 UTC it was jettisoned from Pirs. It was deorbited at 23:30 UTC on the same day, and burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 00:01 UTC on 27 September 2001.

See also

• List of Progress flights
• Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station
• Progress M-MIM2
• Progress M-UM