Progress 24

Progress 24 (Russian: Прогресс 24) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in June 1985 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.

Progress 24
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeSalyut 7 resupply
COSPAR ID1985-051A
SATCAT no.15838[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.125)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG[2]
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date21 June 1985, 00:39:41 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date15 July 1985, 22:33:31 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude189 km[3]
Apogee altitude251 km[3]
Inclination51.6°[3]
Period88.9 minutes[3]
Epoch21 June 1985
Docking with Salyut 7
Docking portAft[3]
Docking date23 June 1985, 02:54 UTC
Undocking date15 July 1985, 12:28 UTC
 

Launch

Progress 24 launched on 21 June 1985, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][4]

Docking

Progress 24 docked with the aft port of Salyut 7 on 23 June 1985 at 02:54 UTC, and was undocked on 15 July 1985 at 12:28 UTC.[3][5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 15 July 1985, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 22:33:31 UTC, with the mission ending at around 23:10 UTC.[3][5]

See also

References
  1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 24"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.
  4. "Progress 24". NASA. Retrieved 5 December 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. "Salyut 7". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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