| Progress 24 | |||||||||
| Mission Type: | Salyut 7 resupply | ||||||||
| Cospar Id: | 1985-051A | ||||||||
| Satcat: | 15838[1] | ||||||||
| Spacecraft: | Progress (No.125) | ||||||||
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress 7K-TG[2] | ||||||||
| Manufacturer: | NPO Energia | ||||||||
| Launch Date: | 21 June 1985, 00:39:41 UTC | ||||||||
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U | ||||||||
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | ||||||||
| Docking: |
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| Disposal Type: | Deorbited | ||||||||
| Decay Date: | 15 July 1985, 22:33:31 UTC | ||||||||
| Orbit Epoch: | 21 June 1985 | ||||||||
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric | ||||||||
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth | ||||||||
| Orbit Periapsis: | 189 km | ||||||||
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 251 km | ||||||||
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.6° | ||||||||
| Orbit Period: | 88.9 minutes | ||||||||
| Apsis: | gee | ||||||||
| Programme: | Progress (spacecraft) | ||||||||
| Previous Mission: | Progress 23 | ||||||||
| Next Mission: | Kosmos 1669 | ||||||||
Progress 24 was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in June 1985 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.
Progress 24 launched on 21 June 1985, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[4]
Progress 24 docked with the aft port of Salyut 7 on 23 June 1985 at 02:54 UTC, and was undocked on 15 July 1985 at 12:28 UTC.[5]
It remained in orbit until 15 July 1985, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 22:33:31 UTC, with the mission ending at around 23:10 UTC.