Progress M-23M
Night time view of Progress M-23M docked at the ISS | |||||
Mission type | ISS resupply | ||||
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Operator | Roskosmos | ||||
COSPAR ID | 2014-018A | ||||
SATCAT № | 39648 | ||||
Spacecraft properties | |||||
Spacecraft type | Progress-M 11F615A60 | ||||
Manufacturer | RKK Energia | ||||
Start of mission | |||||
Launch date | 9 April 2014, 15:26:27 UTC[1] | ||||
Rocket | Soyuz-U | ||||
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5[1] | ||||
End of mission | |||||
Disposal | De-orbited | ||||
Decay date | 31 July 2014, 22:42 UTC | ||||
Docking with ISS | |||||
Docking port | Pirs nadir | ||||
Docking date | 9 April 2014, 21:14 UTC | ||||
Undocking date | 21 July 2014, 21:44 UTC | ||||
Time docked | 103 days, 0 hours, 30 minutes | ||||
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Progress M-23M (Russian: Прогресс М-23М), identified by NASA as Progress 55 or 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 6-hours rendezvous profile towards the ISS. The 23rd Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched, it had the serial number 427 and was built by RKK Energia.
Launch
The spacecraft was launched on 9 April 2014 at 15:26 GMT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.[3]
Docking
Progress M-23M docked with the Pirs docking compartment on April 9, 2014 at 21:14 GMT, less than six hours after launch.
Cargo
The Progress spacecraft carries 2383 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station. [4]
Undocking and Reentry
Progress M-23M undocked from the ISS on 21 July 2014, and was de-orbited on 31 July after participating in the Radar-Progress experiment.
References
- 1 2 McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ↑ Chris Bergin (April 9, 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.