Engineering:Progress MS-24
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Names | Progress 85P |
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Mission type | ISS resupply |
Operator | Roscosmos |
Mission duration | 375 days, 21 hours and 5 minutes (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress MS-24 no.454 |
Spacecraft type | Progress MS |
Manufacturer | Energia |
Launch mass | 7000 kg |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 23 August 2023, 01:08 UTC[1][2] |
Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31 |
Contractor | Progress Rocket Space Centre |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited (planned) |
Decay date | 13 February 2024 (planned) |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.65° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Zvezda aft |
Docking date | 25 August 2023, 03:45 UTC[1][2] |
Time docked | 373 days, 18 hours and 28 minutes (in progress) |
Progress ISS Resupply |
Progress MS-24 (Russian: Прогресс МC-24), Russian production No.454, identified by NASA as Progress 85P, is a Progress spaceflight launched by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).[1][2] It is the 177th flight of a Progress spacecraft. It is planned to remain docked for approximately six months before performing a destructive reentry loaded with trash.[3]
History
The Progress-MS is an uncrewed freighter based on the Progress-M featuring improved avionics. This improved variant first launched on 21 December 2015. It has the following improvements:[4][5][6]
- New external compartment that enables it to deploy satellites. Each compartment can hold up to four launch containers. First time installed on Progress MS-03.
- Enhanced redundancy thanks to the addition of a backup system of electrical motors for the docking and sealing mechanism.
- Improved Micrometeoroid (MMOD) protection with additional panels in the cargo compartment.
- Luch Russian relay satellites link capabilities enable telemetry and control even when not in direct view of ground radio stations.
- GNSS autonomous navigation enables real time determination of the status vector and orbital parameters dispensing with the need of ground station orbit determination.
- Real time relative navigation thanks to direct radio data exchange capabilities with the space station.
- New digital radio that enables enhanced TV camera view for the docking operations.
- Unified Command Telemetry System (UCTS) replaces previous Ukraine Chezara Kvant-V as the Progress spacecraft's on-board radio and antenna/feeder system.
- Replacement of the Kurs A with Kurs NA digital system.[2]
Launch
A Soyuz-2.1a launched Progress MS-24 to the International Space Station from Baikonur Site 31 on 23 August 2023.[7] Around 2 days after the launch, Progress MS-24 automatically docked with Zvezda and continues its mission, supporting Expedition 70 aboard the ISS.[7]
Cargo
The MS-24 cargo capacity is 2,500 kg (5,500 lb) as follows:[8][9]
- Dry cargo: 1,535 kg (3,384 lb)
- Fuel: 500 kg (1,100 lb)
- Oxygen: 0
- Nitrogen: 40 kg (88 lb)
- Water: 420 kg (930 lb)[10]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Progress MS-24 to resupply ISS". https://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms-24.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kiseleva, Mariia (2023-09-11). "Soyuz MS-24 | Soyuz 2.1a" (in en-US). https://everydayastronaut.com/soyuz-ms-24-soyuz-2-1a/.
- ↑ Garcia, Mark (2023-08-24). "Progress Cargo Craft Docks to Station Replenishing Crew". https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2023/08/24/progress-cargo-craft-docks-to-station-replenishing-crew/. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ↑ Krebs, Gunter (1 December 2015). "Progress-MS 01-19". https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/progress-ms.htm.
- ↑ Zak, Anatoly. "Progress-MS cargo ship series". http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress-ms.html.
- ↑ Blau, Patrick (1 December 2015). "Progress MS Spacecraft". https://spaceflight101.com/spacecraft/progress-ms/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Russian Cargo Mission Docks to Space Station, Crew-7 Launch Delayed | Aviation Week Network". https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/space/russian-cargo-mission-docks-space-station-crew-7-launch-delayed.
- ↑ Graf, Abby (2023-08-22). "Progress Cargo Craft Successfully Launches to Station" (in en-US). https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2023/08/22/progress-cargo-craft-successfully-launches-to-station/.
- ↑ "Soyuz rocket with Progress MS-24 cargo spacecraft installed on Baikonur's launch pad". TASS. https://tass.com/science/1662659. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ↑ Now, Spaceflight. "Russia launches cargo ship to the International Space Station – Spaceflight Now" (in en-US). https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/08/23/live-coverage-russia-to-launch-cargo-to-the-international-space-station/.
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress MS-24.
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