Progress 24

Progress 24
Mission typeSalyut 7 resupply
COSPAR ID1985-051A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.15838[1]
Mission duration24 days, 21 hours and 53 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.125)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG[2]
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date21 June 1985, 00:39:41 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date15 July 1985, 22:33:31 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude189 km[3]
Apogee altitude251 km[3]
Inclination51.6°[3]
Period88.9 minutes[3]
Epoch21 June 1985
Docking with Salyut 7
Docking portAft[3]
Docking date23 June 1985, 02:54 UTC
Undocking date15 July 1985, 12:28 UTC
Time docked22 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.

  1. ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 24"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.