Był to 12. start Progressa w kierunku ISS.Kolejny Progress w drodze do ISS 29.08.2003 o 01:47:59,018 z Bajkonuru wystartowała RN Sojuz-U z automatycznym transportowym statkiem kosmicznym Progress M-48.
Został on wyniesiony na orbitę o parametrach: hp=193 km, ha=243 km, i=51,65°.
Połączenie z ISS nastąpiło 31.08. o 03:40:45.
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n030816.htm#062003 August 29 - . 01:47 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U-PVB.
Progress M-48 - . Payload: Progress M s/n 248. Mass: 7,250 kg (15,980 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: RAKA. Program: ISS. Class: Manned. Type: Manned logistics spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-2. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Progress M. Duration: 152.00 days. Decay Date: 2004-01-28 . USAF Sat Cat: 27873 . COSPAR: 2003-039A. Apogee: 383 km (237 mi). Perigee: 376 km (233 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.10 min.
Delayed from July 30, moved up from September 18 and August 30. Docked with the Zvezda module of the ISS on August 31. Undocked from the station at 08:36 GMT on 28 January 2004 after being filled with trash and unneeded equipment. Deorbited and reentered over the Pacific at 13:46 GMT.
http://www.astronautix.com/a/august29.htmlProgress M-48 (12P serial #248) launches OTD in 2003. It docked to the aft port of Zvezda a day later delivering over 2,600kg of supplies to the resident EO-7 crew. Progress M-48 remained attached to ISS for the next 150 days until being undocked & deorbited on 28 Jan 2004.
https://twitter.com/aisoffice/status/1696426497643331909
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_M-48