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

Mission type	Salyut 7 resupply
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
Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress 23 Kosmos 1669 →

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

• Spaceflight portal

• 1985 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Salyut space stations