Progress MS-23
Progress MS-23 (Russian: Прогресс МC-23), Russian production No.453, identified by NASA as Progress 84P, is a Progress spaceflight launched by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). It is the 174rd flight of a Progress spacecraft.
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Names | Progress 84P |
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Mission type | ISS resupply |
Operator | Roscosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2023-071A |
SATCAT no. | 56740![]() |
Mission duration | 152 days, 17 hours and 20 minutes (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress MS-23 no.453 |
Spacecraft type | Progress MS |
Manufacturer | Energia |
Launch mass | 7000 kg |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 24 May 2023, 12:56 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31 |
Contractor | Progress Rocket Space Centre |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited (planned) |
Decay date | 2023 (planned) |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.65° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Poisk zenith |
Docking date | 24 May 2023, 16:19 UTC |
Time docked | 152 days, 13 hours and 57 minutes (in progress) |
Progress ISS Resupply |
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:[1][2][3][4]
- 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 Ukrainian 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.
Launch
A Soyuz-2.1a with Progress MS-23 to the International Space Station from Baikonur Site 31 launched on 24 May 2023 at 12:56 UTC[5][6][7][8][9] supporting Expedition 69 and Expedition 70 missions aboard the ISS. It docked the same day.[9]
Cargo
The MS-23 cargo capacity is approximately 2,500 kg (5,500 lb) as follows:[9][10]
- Dry cargo: 1,290 kg (2,840 lb)
- Fuel: 499 kg (1,100 lb)–600 kg (1,300 lb)
- Oxygen: 40 kg (88 lb)
- Water: 630 kg (1,390 lb)
References
- Krebs, Gunter (1 December 2015). "Progress-MS 01-19". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- "Progress MS-20". NSSDCA. NASA. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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