Progress M-24M

Progress M-24M (Russian: Прогресс М-24М), identified by NASA as Progress 56P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2014.^[2] Progress M-24M was launched on a six-hours rendezvous profile towards the ISS. The 24th Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched, it had the serial number 424 and was built by RKK Energia.

Progress M-24M

Night time view of Progress M-24M docked at the ISS.
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2014-042A
SATCAT no.	40097
Mission duration	119 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Progress-M s/n 424
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Launch mass	7290 kg
Start of mission
Launch date	23 July 2014, 21:44:44 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	19 November 2014, 23:46 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Inclination	51.6°
Epoch	23 July 2014
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Pirs
Docking date	24 July 2014, 03:31 UTC
Undocking date	27 October 2014, 05:38 UTC
Time docked	95 days
Cargo
Mass	2322 kg
Pressurised	1283 kg
Fuel	880 kg
Gaseous	48 kg
Water	420 kg
Progress ISS Resupply ← Progress M-23M Progress M-25M →

Launch

The spacecraft was launched on 23 July 2014 at 21:44:44 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.^[3]

Docking

Progress M-24M docked with the Pirs docking compartment on 24 July 2014 at 03:31 UTC, less than six hours after launch.

Cargo

The Progress spacecraft carries 2322 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.^[4]

See also

• Spaceflight portal

• 2014 in spaceflight