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| 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 24 (Russian: Прогресс 24) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in June 1985 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.
Launch
[edit]Progress 24 launched on 21 June 1985, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][4]
Docking
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]
- 1985 in spaceflight
- List of Progress missions
- List of uncrewed spaceflights to Salyut space stations
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 24"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.
- ^ "Progress 24". NASA. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ^ a b "Salyut 7". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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