Progress MS-26 explained

Progress MS-26
Names List:Progress 87
Mission Type:ISS resupply
Operator:Roscosmos
Spacecraft:Progress MS-26 No. 456
Spacecraft Type:Progress MS
Manufacturer:Energia
Launch Date:UTC[1] [2] [3] [4]
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-2.1a
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 31/6
Launch Contractor:Progress Rocket Space Centre
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:UTC
Orbit Reference:Geocentric orbit
Orbit Regime:Low Earth orbit
Orbit Inclination:51.65°
Apsis:gee
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Port:Zvezda aft
Docking Date:17 February 2024, 06:06UTC[5]
Undocking Date:13 August 2024, 02:00UTC
Programme:Progress ISS Resupply
Previous Mission:Progress MS-25
Next Mission:Progress MS-27

Progress MS-26, Russian production No. 456, identified by NASA as Progress 87, is a Progress spaceflight launched by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). It is the 179th flight of a Progress spacecraft.

Launch

A Soyuz-2.1a rocket launched Progress MS-26 from Baikonur Site 31/6 on 15 February 2024 at 03:25UTC.[6] [7] After a flight that took, Progress MS-26 automatically docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module of the ISS on 17 February 2024 at 06:06UTC.[8] [9]

Cargo

The MS-26 cargo capacity is as follows:[10]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Госкорпорация «Роскосмос» . 2024-02-15 . Telegram.
  2. Web site: Госкорпорация «Роскосмос» . 2024-02-15 . Telegram.
  3. Web site: Госкорпорация «Роскосмос» . 2024-02-15 . Telegram.
  4. Web site: Progress MS-26 to leave for ISS on February 15, 2024 — Roscosmos . 2024-01-30 . TASS.
  5. Web site: Progress MS-26 to leave for ISS on February 15, 2024 — Roscosmos . 2024-01-30 . TASS.
  6. Web site: Progress MS-26 to leave for ISS on February 15, 2024 — Roscosmos . 2024-01-30 . TASS.
  7. Web site: Jacob . Jeffy . 2024-01-04 . Major Satellite Launches of 2024 . 2024-02-06 . Geospatial World . en-US.
  8. Web site: 15 April 2023 . Complete ISS flight events . 10 November 2020 . NasaSpaceFlight.com Forum.
  9. Web site: Microgravity Research Flights . 10 November 2020 . . 10 November 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230718143348/https://www1.grc.nasa.gov/space/iss-research/microgravity-research-flights/ . 18 July 2023 . Glenn Research Center .
  10. Web site: Госкорпорация «Роскосмос» . 2024-02-08 . Telegram.