Engineering:Progress M-59

Short description: Russian cargo spacecraft

Progress M-59

Progress M-59 approaching the ISS.
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2007-002A
SATCAT no.	29714
Mission duration	195 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Progress-M s/n 359
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	18 January 2007, 02:12:13 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	1 August 2007, 19:26 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	322 km
Apogee altitude	352 km
Inclination	51.6°
Period	91.3 minutes
Epoch	18 January 2007
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Pirs
Docking date	20 January 2007, 01:59 UTC
Undocking date	1 August 2007, 14:07 UTC
Time docked	193 days
Cargo
Mass	2500 kg
Progress ISS Resupply

Progress M-59 (Russian: Прогресс М-59), 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.

Launch

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.

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the Pirs module at 01:59 UTC on 20 January 2007. It remained docked for 193 days before undocking at 14:07 UTC on 1 August 2007. It was deorbited at 18:42 UTC the same day. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 19:26 UTC.

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.

See also

• List of Progress flights
• Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station