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OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
about the launch of Progress M1-10 logistics vehicle
to the International Space Station

June 8, 2003. Baikonur launch site.
Russian logistics spacecraft Progress M1-10 has been launched into a
low-Earth orbit.

The spacecraft was launched as a part of space launcher system
Soyuz-U/Progress M1-10 from Baikonur launch site at 14:34:19 Moscow
daylight-saving time.

The objective of the launch is logistics support for the
International Space Station (ISS).

The launch was made in accordance with the ISS mission plan modified
after Columbia space shuttle accident and the resulting temporary
grounding of the US space shuttle fleet.

Progress M1-10 carries more than 2.3 tons of cargoes, including: 360
liters of potable water; propellant for the space station; oxygen,
food; supplies for the atmospheric revitalization system, maintenance
and repair; sanitary, hygienic and medical support, personal
protection aids, water, power and lighting systems; crew support
equipment; scientific equipment, including payloads for conducting
work in the interests of the European Space Agency; equipment for
outfitting and servicing the systems of the space station, including
its US segment. 

The spacecraft was put into an orbit with the maximum altitude of
258.2 km, minimal altitude of 193.7 km, orbital period of 88.72
minutes and inclination of 51.65ø.

Its on-board systems operate within their design limits. The
spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the ISS on June 11, 2003 at
15:17, after completing a three-day rendezvous profile that was
chosen by the specialists based on the need to optimize propellant
consumption. 

This is already the tenth spacecraft of the new modification of
Progress spacecraft developed and built by S.P.Korolev RSC Energia
specialists in cooperation with companies and organizations in the
Russian rocket and space industry. The first mission of this
modification of the spacecraft was performed under Mir space station
program during the period of February 1 through April 27, 2000.

The Progress M1-10 spacecraft was readied for flight under direction
of the Technical Manager of the Russian Manned Space Programs,
Designer General of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia, a member of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Yu.P.Semenov.

The decision to roll the integrated launch vehicle Soyuz-U/Progress
M1-10 out to the launch pad at Baikonur and to launch was made by the
State Commission based on the final report of the Technical
Management.  The spacecraft and the ISS Russian Segment missions are
controlled by the Lead Operative Control Team (LOCT) (headed by
cosmonaut V.A.Soloviev) from Mission Control Center (MCC-M), Korolev,
Moscow region. 

The ISS space station operates in an orbit with the following
parameters: maximum altitude of 404.2 km, minimal altitude of 387.4
km. Its mass is about 179 tons. The Russian segment of the space
station includes the Functional Cargo Module (FGB) Zarya, Service
Module Zvezda, Docking Module/Compartment Pirs, manned spacecraft
Soyuz TMA-2, logistics vehicle Progress M-47. The US segment includes
modules Unity and Destiny, airlock chamber Quest and a multi-section
truss structure with deployed solar arrays.

Based on the telemetry data and reports from the commander of the
crew of Expedition Seven (ISS-7) Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko
and the flight engineer, US astronaut Edward Lu, all the on-board
systems operate within their design limits. The space station is
ready for docking with Progress M1-10.

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