Earth orbit
Progress M-56
Progress M-56 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Progress M program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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Progress M-56 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Progress M program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2006-013; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 24 April 2006, 16:03:25 UTC
- Launch location
- GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz-U-PVB
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Launch intelligence
A Roscosmos Soyuz-U rocket launched the Progress M-56 mission on Monday, April 24, 2006 at 4:03 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Roscosmos
- Vehicle
- Soyuz-U
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2006-013
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Apr 24, 2006, 16:03 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Apr 24 2006
- Pad and location
- LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 19 September 2006
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
Progress M-56
GCAT program: Progress M.
- GCAT ID
- S29057
- Manufacturer
- Zavod GNPTKTs TsSKB-Progress
- Launch mass
- 7,260 kg
- Propulsion
- 11D428A
- Dimensions
- 7.9 m long · 2.7 m diameter · 7.9 m span
Gallery
One image from Progress M-56.
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