Night time view of Progress M-23M docked at the ISS
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Mission type | ISS resupply |
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Operator | Roskosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2014-018A |
SATCAT no. | 39648 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M 11F615A60 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 9 April 2014, 15:26:27 | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | De-orbited |
Decay date | 31 July 2014, 22:42 | UTC
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Pirs nadir |
Docking date | 9 April 2014, 21:14 UTC |
Undocking date | 21 July 2014, 21:44 UTC |
Time docked | 103 days, 0 hours, 30 minutes |
Progress ISS Resupply
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Progress M-23M (Russian: Прогресс М-23М), identified by NASA as Progress 55 or 55P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2014. Progress M-23M was launched on a 6-hours rendezvous profile towards the ISS. The 23rd Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched, it had the serial number 427 and was built by RKK Energia.
The spacecraft was launched on 9 April 2014 at 15:26 GMT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Progress M-23M docked with the Pirs docking compartment on April 9, 2014 at 21:14 GMT, less than six hours after launch.
The Progress spacecraft carries 2383 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.
Progress M-23M undocked from the ISS on 21 July 2014, and was de-orbited on 31 July after participating in the Radar-Progress experiment.