Progress M-04M

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title: "Progress M-04M" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["progress-(spacecraft)-missions", "spacecraft-launched-in-2010", "spacecraft-which-reentered-in-2010", "supply-vehicles-for-the-international-space-station", "spacecraft-launched-by-soyuz-u-rockets"] description: "Russian cargo spacecraft" topic_path: "general/progress-spacecraft-missions" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_M-04M" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Russian cargo spacecraft ::

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Field	Value
name	Progress M-04M
image	Progress M-04M front.jpg
image_caption	Progress M-04M approaching the ISS.
mission_type	ISS resupply
operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR_ID	2010-003A
SATCAT	36361
mission_duration	148 days
spacecraft_type	Progress-M s/n 404
manufacturer	RKK Energia
launch_date	3 February 2010, 03:45 UTC
launch_rocket	Soyuz-U
launch_site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
disposal_type	Deorbited
decay_date	1 July 2010
orbit_epoch	3 February 2010
orbit_reference	Geocentric
orbit_regime	Low Earth
orbit_inclination	51.6°
apsis	gee
docking_target	ISS
docking_type	dock
docking_port	Zvezda aft
docking_date	5 February 2010, 04:26 UTC
undocking_date	10 May 2010, 11:16 UTC
time_docked	94 days
cargo_mass	2686 kg
cargo_mass_press	1217 kg
cargo_mass_fuel	880 kg
cargo_mass_water	420 kg
programme	Progress ISS Resupply
previous_mission	Progress M-MIM2
next_mission	Progress M-05M
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| name = Progress M-04M | image = Progress M-04M front.jpg | image_caption = Progress M-04M approaching the ISS.

| mission_type = ISS resupply | operator = Roskosmos | COSPAR_ID = 2010-003A | SATCAT = 36361 | mission_duration = 148 days

| spacecraft_type = Progress-M s/n 404 | manufacturer = RKK Energia | dry_mass = | launch_mass =

| launch_date = 3 February 2010, 03:45 UTC | launch_rocket = Soyuz-U | launch_site = Baikonur, Site 1/5

| disposal_type = Deorbited | decay_date = 1 July 2010

| orbit_epoch = 3 February 2010 | orbit_reference = Geocentric | orbit_regime = Low Earth | orbit_periapsis = | orbit_apoapsis = | orbit_inclination = 51.6° | orbit_period = | apsis = gee

| docking = | docking_target = ISS | docking_type = dock | docking_port = Zvezda aft | docking_date = 5 February 2010, 04:26 UTC | undocking_date = 10 May 2010, 11:16 UTC | time_docked = 94 days

| cargo_mass = 2686 kg | cargo_mass_press = 1217 kg | cargo_mass_fuel = 880 kg | cargo_mass_gas = | cargo_mass_water = 420 kg

| programme = Progress ISS Resupply | previous_mission = Progress M-MIM2 | next_mission = Progress M-05M Progress M-04M (), identified by NASA as Progress 36P, was a Russian Progress spacecraft launched in February 2010 to resupply the International Space Station. It was docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module of the station.

Launch

Progress M-04M was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket, flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch occurred at 03:45 UTC on 3 February 2010.

Docking

After just over three days of free flight, Progress M-04M docked with the Zvezda module of the International Space Station at 04:26 UTC on 5 February 2010. Its docking marked the first time four Russian spacecraft had been docked to the station at the same time, joining the Soyuz TMA-16, Soyuz TMA-17 and Progress M-03M spacecraft already docked. It remained docked until 10 May 2010, when it departed, allowing Soyuz TMA-17 to be moved to the Zvezda aft port to clear the way for the arrival of the Rassvet module, to be delivered by Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-132 later that month.

Cargo

The Progress M-04M spacecraft delivered 2686 kg of cargo to the ISS. This included water to be used by systems in the Russian segment of the station, propellant to refuel the station and to perform orbital manoeuvres, food and medical supplies.

Undocking

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Progress M-04M undocked from the ISS on 10 May 2010. On 7 May 2010, Russian Space Agency's Mission Control announced that the ISS crew had loaded Progress M-04M with garbage and readied the spacecraft for undocking. The command for undocking was issued at 11:13 UTC, and three minutes later Progress M-04M separated from the Zvezda module. Cosmonauts Aleksandr Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko monitored the undocking with photo and video cameras focusing on the Progress docking mechanism to confirm that there were no missing or damaged O-ring seals on the docking interface.

Deorbited

The spacecraft stayed in autonomous flight for 60 days after undocking, taking part in the Reflection geophysical experiment to study reflective characteristics of the freighter's hull and the transparency of the Earth's atmosphere. Progress M-04M was deorbited on 1 July 2010 over the Pacific Ocean. The deorbit burn began at 13:54 UTC and at about 14:40, the remaining parts of the spacecraft which had not burnt during the reentry, fell down in the south area of the Pacific Ocean, 37°47′ South, and 235°09′ West.

References

References

1. Ray, Justin. (4 February 2010). "Space station receives latest Russian resupply ship". Spaceflight Now.
2. (25 April 2010). "ISS On-Orbit Status". NASA.
3. Bergin, Chris. (2 February 2010). "Progress M-04M launches to cost-cutting ISS – STS-135 addition removed". NASASpaceflight.com.
4. Jiang Yuxia. (10 May 2010). "Russian space cargoship undocks from ISS". Xinhua News Agency.
5. ROSCOSMOS. (10 May 2010). "Russian Space Freighter Ready To Leave Orbital Station".
6. NASA. (10 May 2010). "ISS On-Orbit Status 05/10/10".
7. Russian Federal Space Agency. (1 July 2010). "Progress M-04M Deorbited".

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