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

A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission type	Salyut 7 resupply
COSPAR ID	1985-051A
SATCAT no.	15838[1]
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
Progress (spacecraft)

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

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

References

1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
2. "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
3. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 24"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.
4. "Progress 24". NASA. Retrieved 5 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
5. "Salyut 7". Astronautix. Retrieved 5 December 2020.