Progress MS-23

Progress MS-23 (Russian: Прогресс МC-23), Russian production No.453, identified by NASA as Progress 84P, was a Progress spaceflight launched by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). It was the 176th flight of a Progress spacecraft.

Progress MS-23

Progress MS-23 approaching the ISS
Names	Progress 84P
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roscosmos
COSPAR ID	2023-071A
SATCAT no.	56740
Mission duration	188 days, 22 hours and 6 minutes
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 31/6
Contractor	RKTs Progress
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	29 November 2023, 11:02 UTC
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
Undocking date	29 November 2023, 07:55 UTC
Time docked	188 days, 15 hours and 36 minutes
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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^{[1][2][3][4][5]} supporting Expedition 69 and Expedition 70 missions aboard the ISS. It docked the same day.^[5]

Cargo

The MS-23 cargo capacity is approximately 2,500 kg (5,500 lb) as follows:^[5][6]

• 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)

See also

• Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station