Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Progress M1-5 was the Progress spacecraft which was launched by Russia in 2001 to deorbit the fifteen-year old Mir space station before it naturally fell from orbit potentially landing in a populated area. The Russian Aviation and Space Agency Rosaviakosmos was responsible for the mission.Launched in January 2001 after a short delay due to a problem with Mir on 27 January Progress M1-5 became the last spacecraft to dock with the station.
