Progress M-24

Progress M-24
A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1994-052A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.23215
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeProgress-M 11F615A55
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Launch mass7,250 kilograms (15,980 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date25 August 1994, 14:25:12 (1994-08-25UTC14:25:12Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date4 October 1994, 22:43 (1994-10-04UTC22:44Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Inclination51.6 degrees
Docking with Mir
Docking portCore Forward
Docking date2 September 1994, 13:30:28 UTC
Undocking date4 October 1994, 18:55:52 UTC
Time docked32.2 days

Progress M-24 (Russian: Прогресс М-24) was a Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1994 to resupply the Mir space station;[1] causing minor damage to the station as the result of a collision during a failed attempt to dock.

  1. ^ "Progress M-24". NSSDC Master Catalog. US National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 26 April 2012.