Progress M-23M Explained

Progress M-23M

Mission Type:

ISS resupply

Operator:

Roskosmos

Cospar Id:

2014-018A

Satcat:

39648

Mission Duration:

113 days

Spacecraft Type:

Progress-M s/n 423

Manufacturer:

RKK Energia

Launch Mass:

7280 kg

Launch Date:

9 April 2014, 15:26:27 UTC^[1]

Launch Rocket:

Soyuz-U

Launch Site:

Baikonur, Site 1/5

Disposal Type:

Deorbited

Decay Date:

31 July 2014, 22:42 UTC

Orbit Epoch:

9 April 2014

Orbit Reference:

Geocentric

Orbit Regime:

Low Earth

Orbit Periapsis:

193 km

Orbit Apoapsis:

245 km

Orbit Inclination:

51.66°

Orbit Period:

88.59 minutes

Apsis:

gee

Docking:

Docking Type:	dock
Docking Date:	9 April 2014, 21:14 UTC
Undocking Date:	21 July 2014, 21:44 UTC
Time Docked:	103 days

Cargo Mass:

2383 kg

Cargo Mass Press:

1215 kg (dry cargo)

Cargo Mass Fuel:

880 kg

Cargo Mass Gas:

48 kg

Cargo Mass Water:

420 kg

Programme:

Progress ISS Resupply

Previous Mission:

Progress M-22M

Next Mission:

Progress M-24M

Progress M-23M (Russian: Прогресс М-23М|italic=yes), identified by NASA as Progress 55P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2014.^[2] Progress M-23M was launched on a six-hours rendezvous profile towards the ISS. The 23rd 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 9 April 2014 at 15:26:27 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.^[3]

Docking

Progress M-23M docked with the Pirs docking compartment on 9 April 2014 at 21:14 UTC, less than six hours after launch.

Cargo

The Progress spacecraft carries 2383 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.^[4]

Undocking and Reentry

Progress M-23M undocked from the ISS on 21 July 2014, and was deorbited on 31 July after participating in the Radar-Progress experiment.

Notes and References

Web site: Launch Log. Jonathan. McDowell. Jonathan's Space Page . 10 April 2014.
Web site: Progress M-23M docks with ISS following fast track launch . NASASpaceflight.com. April 9, 2014. Chris Bergin.
Web site: Russian Progress cargo craft docks at space station. Spaceflight Now. 9 April 2014. Stephen Clark.
Web site: Progress M-23M. Roscosmos. 10 April 2014. 10 April 2014. 24 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140624150042/http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/progress_m23m.htm. dead.