Progress M-23M
Mission type | ISS resupply |
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Operator | Roskosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2014-018A |
SATCAT no. | 39648 |
Mission duration | 113 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M s/n 423 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Launch mass | 7280 kg |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 9 April 2014, 15:26:27 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 31 July 2014, 22:42 UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 193 km |
Apogee altitude | 245 km |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Period | 88.59 minutes |
Epoch | 9 April 2014 |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Pirs |
Docking date | 9 April 2014, 21:14 UTC |
Undocking date | 21 July 2014, 21:44 UTC |
Time docked | 103 days |
Cargo | |
Mass | 2383 kg |
Pressurised | 1215 kg (dry cargo) |
Fuel | 880 kg |
Gaseous | 48 kg |
Water | 420 kg |
Progress ISS Resupply |
Progress M-23M (Russian: Прогресс М-23М), identified by NASA as Progress 55P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2014.[2] Progress M-23M was launched on a six-hours rendezvous profile towards the ISS. The 23rd Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched, it had the serial number 423 and was built by RKK Energia.
Launch
[edit]The spacecraft was launched on 9 April 2014 at 15:26:27 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.[3]
Docking
[edit]Progress M-23M docked with the Pirs docking compartment on 9 April 2014 at 21:14 UTC, less than six hours after launch.
Cargo
[edit]The Progress spacecraft carries 2383 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.[4]
Undocking and Reentry
[edit]Progress M-23M undocked from the ISS on 21 July 2014, and was deorbited on 31 July after participating in the Radar-Progress experiment.
References
[edit]- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ Chris Bergin (9 April 2014). "Progress M-23M docks with ISS following fast track launch". NASASpaceflight.com.
- ^ Stephen Clark (9 April 2014). "Russian Progress cargo craft docks at space station". Spaceflight Now.
- ^ "Progress M-23M". Roscosmos. 10 April 2014. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.