| Progress M-59 | |||||||||
| Mission Type: | ISS resupply | ||||||||
| Operator: | Roskosmos | ||||||||
| Cospar Id: | 2007-002A | ||||||||
| Satcat: | 29714 | ||||||||
| Mission Duration: | 195 days | ||||||||
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress-M s/n 359 | ||||||||
| Manufacturer: | RKK Energia | ||||||||
| Launch Date: | 18 January 2007, 02:12:13 UTC | ||||||||
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U | ||||||||
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | ||||||||
| Disposal Type: | Deorbited | ||||||||
| Decay Date: | 1 August 2007, 19:26 UTC | ||||||||
| Orbit Epoch: | 18 January 2007 | ||||||||
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric | ||||||||
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth | ||||||||
| Orbit Periapsis: | 322 km | ||||||||
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 352 km | ||||||||
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.6° | ||||||||
| Orbit Period: | 91.3 minutes | ||||||||
| Apsis: | gee | ||||||||
| Docking: |
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| Cargo Mass: | 2500 kg | ||||||||
| Programme: | Progress ISS Resupply | ||||||||
| Previous Mission: | Progress M-58 | ||||||||
| Next Mission: | Progress M-60 | ||||||||
Progress M-59 (Russian: Прогресс М-59|italic=yes), identified by NASA as Progress 24P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 359.
Progress M-59 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 02:12:13 UTC on 18 January 2007.[1]
The spacecraft docked with the Pirs module at 01:59 UTC on 20 January 2007.[2] It remained docked for 193 days before undocking at 14:07 UTC on 1 August 2007.[3] It was deorbited at 18:42 UTC the same day.[3] The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 19:26 UTC.[4] [5]
Progress M-59 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. Its cargo included components for the Space Station's life support system.