Progress M-44

Progress M-44

Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2001-008A
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Progress-M 11F615A55
Manufacturer	RSC Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	26 February 2001, 08:09:35 (2001-02-26UTC08:09:35Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	16 April 2001, 14:11 (2001-04-16UTC14:12Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Inclination	51.6 degrees
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Zvezda Aft
Docking date	28 February 2001, 09:49:47 UTC
Undocking date	16 April 2001, 08:48 UTC
Time docked	1½ months

Progress M-44, identified by NASA as Progress 3 or 3P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 244.

Progress M-44 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 08:09:35 GMT on 26 February 2001. The spacecraft docked with the Aft port of the Zvezda module at 09:49:47 GMT on 28 February. It remained docked for one and a half months before undocking at 08:48 GMT on 16 April. It was deorbited at 13:23 GMT the same day. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 14:11 GMT.

Progress M-44 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. It was the first Progress-M spacecraft to visit the ISS, previous resupply missions having used the Progress-M1.

See also

• List of Progress flights
• List of unmanned spaceflights to the ISS