Progress MS-26
 Progress MS-26 departs the ISS | |
| Names | Progress 87 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS resupply |
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2024-029A |
| SATCAT no. | 58961 |
| Mission duration | 180 days, 2 hours, 24 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress MS-26 No. 456 |
| Spacecraft type | Progress MS |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,000 kg (15,000 lb) |
| Payload mass | 2,518 kg (5,551 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 15 February 2024, 03:25 UTC[1][2][3][4] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31/6 |
| Contractor | Progress Rocket Space Centre |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 13 August 2024, 05:49 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.65° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Zvezda aft |
| Docking date | 17 February 2024, 06:06 UTC[5] |
| Undocking date | 13 August 2024, 02:00 UTC |
| Time docked | 177 days, 19 hours, 54 minutes |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 2,518 kg (5,551 lb) |
| Pressurised | 1,478 kg (3,258 lb) |
| Fuel | 580 kg (1,280 lb) |
| Gaseous | 620 kg (1,370 lb) |
| Water | 420 kg (930 lb) |
Progress MS-26 (Russian: Прогресс МC-26), Russian production No. 456, identified by NASA as Progress 87, is a Progress spaceflight launched by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). It is the 179th flight of a Progress spacecraft.
Launch
[edit]A Soyuz-2.1a rocket launched Progress MS-26 from Baikonur Site 31/6 on 15 February 2024 at 03:25 UTC.[6][7] After a flight that took 2 days, 2 hours and 41 minutes, Progress MS-26 automatically docked with the aft port of the Zvezda module of the ISS on 17 February 2024 at 06:06 UTC.[8][9][7]
Cargo
[edit]The MS-26 cargo capacity is 2,518 kg (5,551 lb) as follows:[10]
- Dry cargo: 1,478 kg (3,258 lb)
- Fuel: 580 kg (1,280 lb)
- Oxygen: 580 kg (1,280 lb)
- Water: 420 kg (930 lb)
- Nitrogen: 40 kg (88 lb)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Госкорпорация «Роскосмос»". Telegram. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Госкорпорация «Роскосмос»". Telegram. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Госкорпорация «Роскосмос»". Telegram. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Progress MS-26 to leave for ISS on February 15, 2024 — Roscosmos". TASS. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Progress MS-26 to leave for ISS on February 15, 2024 — Roscosmos". TASS. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Progress MS-26 to leave for ISS on February 15, 2024 — Roscosmos". TASS. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ a b Jacob, Jeffy (4 January 2024). "Major Satellite Launches of 2024". Geospatial World. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "Complete ISS flight events". NasaSpaceFlight.com Forum. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Microgravity Research Flights". Glenn Research Center. NASA. 10 November 2020. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Госкорпорация «Роскосмос»". Telegram. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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