Progress MS-26
Names | Progress 87P |
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Mission type | ISS resupply |
Operator | Roscosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2024-029A |
SATCAT no. | 58961 |
Mission duration | 171 days, 22 hours and 5 minutes (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress MS-26 no.456 |
Spacecraft type | Progress MS |
Manufacturer | Energia |
Launch mass | 7000kg |
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 (planned) |
Decay date | 2024 (planned) |
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] |
Time docked | 169 days, 19 hours and 24 minutes (in progress) |
Cargo | |
Mass | 2,518 kg (5,551 lb)[6] |
Pressurised | 1,478 kg (3,258 lb)[6] |
Fuel | 580 kg (1,280 lb)[6] |
Gaseous | 620 kg (1,370 lb)[6] |
Water | 420 kg (930 lb)[6] |
Progress ISS Resupply |
Progress MS-26 (Russian: Прогресс МC-26), Russian production No.456, identified by NASA as Progress 87P, is a Progress spaceflight launched by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). It is the 179th flight of a Progress spacecraft.
History
[edit]The Progress-MS is an uncrewed freighter based on the Progress-M featuring improved avionics. This improved variant first launched on 21 December 2015. It has the following improvements:[7][8][9]
- New external compartment that enables it to deploy satellites. Each compartment can hold up to four launch containers. First time installed on Progress MS-03.[7][8][9]
- Enhanced redundancy thanks to the addition of a backup system of electrical motors for the docking and sealing mechanism.[7][8][9]
- Improved Micrometeoroid (MMOD) protection with additional panels in the cargo compartment.[7][8][9]
- Luch Russian relay satellites link capabilities enable telemetry and control even when not in direct view of ground radio stations.[7][8][9]
- GNSS autonomous navigation enables real time determination of the status vector and orbital parameters dispensing with the need of ground station orbit determination.[7][8][9]
- Real time relative navigation thanks to direct radio data exchange capabilities with the space station.
- New digital radio that enables enhanced TV camera view for the docking operations.[7][8][9]
- Unified Command Telemetry System (UCTS) replaces previous Ukrainian Chezara Kvant-V as the Progress spacecraft's on-board radio and antenna/feeder system.[7][8][9]
- Replacement of the Kurs A with Kurs NA digital system.[7][8][9]
Launch
[edit]A Soyuz-2.1a launched Progress MS-26 to the International Space Station from Baikonur Site 31/6 on 15 February 2024.[10][11] Later, Progress MS-26 automatically docked with Zvezda and is continuing its mission on 17 February 2024, supporting Expedition 70 aboard the ISS.[12][13][11]
Cargo
[edit]The MS-26 cargo capacity is 2,518 kg (5,551 lb) as follows:[6]
- Dry cargo: 1,478 kg (3,258 lb)[6]
- Fuel: 580 kg (1,280 lb)[6]
- Oxygen: 580 kg (1,280 lb)[6]
- Water: 420 kg (930 lb)[6]
- Nitrogen: 40 kg (88 lb)[6]
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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Госкорпорация «Роскосмос»". Telegram. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Krebs, Gunter (1 December 2015). "Progress-MS 01-19". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Zak, Anatoly. "Progress-MS cargo ship series". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Blau, Patrick (1 December 2015). "Progress MS Spacecraft". Spaceflight101. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "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.