Progress M-24M Explained

Progress M-24M
Mission Type:ISS resupply
Operator:Roskosmos
Cospar Id:2014-042A
Satcat:40097
Mission Duration:119 days
Spacecraft Type:Progress-M s/n 424
Manufacturer:RKK Energia
Launch Mass:7290 kg
Launch Date:23 July 2014, 21:44:44 UTC[1]
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-U
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 1/5
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:19 November 2014, 23:46 UTC
Orbit Epoch:23 July 2014
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Inclination:51.6°
Apsis:gee
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Date:24 July 2014, 03:31 UTC
Undocking Date:27 October 2014, 05:38 UTC
Time Docked:95 days
Cargo Mass:2322 kg
Cargo Mass Press:1283 kg
Cargo Mass Fuel:880 kg
Cargo Mass Gas:48 kg
Cargo Mass Water:420 kg
Programme:Progress ISS Resupply
Previous Mission:Progress M-23M
Next Mission:Progress M-25M

Progress M-24M (Russian: Прогресс М-24М|italic=yes), 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.

Launch

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

Docking

Progress M-24M docked with the Pirs docking compartment on 24 July 2014 at 03:31 UTC, 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Launch Log. Jonathan. McDowell. Jonathan's Space Page . 24 July 2014.
  2. Web site: Russian Progress resupply ship M-24M docks with ISS . NASASpaceflight.com. July 23, 2014. Chris Bergin.
  3. Web site: Russian cargo carrier begins journey to space station. Spaceflight Now. 23 July 2014. Stephen Clark.
  4. Web site: Progress M-24M. Roscosmos. 24 July 2014. 24 July 2014. 30 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141030111249/http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/progress_m24m.htm. dead.