Progress M-24M

Progress M-24M (Russian: Прогресс М-24М), 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.

Progress M-24M

Night time view of Progress M-24M docked at the ISS.
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2014-042A
SATCAT no.	40097
Mission duration	119 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Progress-M s/n 424
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Launch mass	7290 kg
Start of mission
Launch date	23 July 2014, 21:44:44 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	19 November 2014, 23:46 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Inclination	51.6°
Epoch	23 July 2014
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Pirs
Docking date	24 July 2014, 03:31 UTC
Undocking date	27 October 2014, 05:38 UTC
Time docked	95 days
Cargo
Mass	2322 kg
Pressurised	1283 kg
Fuel	880 kg
Gaseous	48 kg
Water	420 kg
Progress ISS Resupply

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

• 2014 in spaceflight

References

1. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
2. Chris Bergin (23 July 2014). "Russian Progress resupply ship M-24M docks with ISS". NASASpaceflight.com.
3. Stephen Clark (23 July 2014). "Russian cargo carrier begins journey to space station". Spaceflight Now.
4. "Progress M-24M". Roscosmos. 24 July 2014.

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