Progress M-24M

Progress M-24M

Night time view of Progress M-24M docked at the ISS
Mission type ISS resupply
Operator Roskosmos
COSPAR ID 2014-042A
SATCAT № 40097
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Progress-M 11F615A60
Manufacturer RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date 23 July 2014, 21:44:44 (2014-07-23UTC21:44:44Z) UTC[1]
Rocket Soyuz-U
Launch site Baikonur 1/5[1]
End of mission
Disposal De-orbited
Decay date 19 November 2014, 23:46 UTC
Docking with ISS
Docking port Pirs nadir
Docking date 24 July 2014, 03:31 UTC
Undocking date 27 October 2014, 05:38 UTC
Time docked 95 days, 2 hours, 7 minutes

Progress M-24M (Russian: Прогресс М-24М), identified by NASA as Progress 56 or 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 6-hours rendezvous profile towards the ISS. The 24th Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched, it had the serial number 423 and was built by RKK Energia.

Launch

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

Docking

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

Cargo

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  2. Chris Bergin (July 23, 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.

External links

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