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.
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Mission type | Salyut 7 resupply |
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COSPAR ID | 1985-051A |
SATCAT no. | 15838[1] |
Mission duration | 24 days, 21 hours and 53 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress (No.125) |
Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 21 June 1985, 00:39:41 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 15 July 1985, 22:33:31 UTC[3] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 189 km[3] |
Apogee altitude | 251 km[3] |
Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
Period | 88.9 minutes[3] |
Epoch | 21 June 1985 |
Docking with Salyut 7 | |
Docking port | Aft[3] |
Docking date | 23 June 1985, 02:54 UTC |
Undocking date | 15 July 1985, 12:28 UTC |
Time docked | 22 days, 9 hours and 34 minutes |
Launch
editProgress 24 launched on 21 June 1985, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][4]
Docking
editProgress 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
editIt 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 24"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.
- ^ "Progress 24". NASA. Retrieved 5 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b "Salyut 7". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.