Progress M-24M

Summary

Progress M-24M (Russian: Прогресс М-24М), identified by NASA as Progress 56P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2014.[2] Progress M-24M was launched on a six-hours rendezvous profile towards the ISS. The 24th Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched, it had the serial number 424 and was built by RKK Energia.

Progress M-24M
Night time view of
Progress M-24M docked at the ISS.
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2014-042A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.40097
Mission duration119 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeProgress-M s/n 424
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Launch mass7290 kg
Start of mission
Launch date23 July 2014, 21:44:44 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date19 November 2014, 23:46 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Inclination51.6°
Epoch23 July 2014
Docking with ISS
Docking portPirs
Docking date24 July 2014, 03:31 UTC
Undocking date27 October 2014, 05:38 UTC
Time docked95 days
Cargo
Mass2322 kg
Pressurised1283 kg
Fuel880 kg
Gaseous48 kg
Water420 kg
Progress ISS Resupply
 

Launch edit

The spacecraft was launched on 23 July 2014 at 21:44:44 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.[3]

Docking edit

Progress M-24M docked with the Pirs docking compartment on 24 July 2014 at 03:31 UTC, less than six hours after launch.

Cargo edit

The Progress spacecraft carries 2322 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.[4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  2. ^ Chris Bergin (23 July 2014). "Russian Progress resupply ship M-24M docks with ISS". NASASpaceflight.com.
  3. ^ Stephen Clark (23 July 2014). "Russian cargo carrier begins journey to space station". Spaceflight Now.
  4. ^ "Progress M-24M". Roscosmos. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.

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