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Progress MS-26
Progress MS-26 approaches the ISS
NamesProgress 87P
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2024-029A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.58961Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration180 days, 2 hours, 24 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress MS-26 No. 456
Spacecraft typeProgress MS
ManufacturerEnergia
Launch mass7,000 kg (15,000 lb)
Payload mass2,518 kg (5,551 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date15 February 2024, 03:25 (15 February 2024, 03:25) UTC[1][2][3][4]
RocketSoyuz-2.1a
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 31/6
ContractorProgress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date13 August 2024, 05:49 (13 August 2024, 05:49) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.65°
Docking with ISS
Docking portZvezda aft
Docking date17 February 2024, 06:06 UTC[5]
Undocking date13 August 2024, 02:00 UTC
Time docked177 days, 19 hours, 54 minutes
Cargo
Mass2,518 kg (5,551 lb)
Pressurised1,478 kg (3,258 lb)
Fuel580 kg (1,280 lb)
Gaseous620 kg (1,370 lb)
Water420 kg (930 lb)
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.

Launch

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Госкорпорация «Роскосмос»". Telegram. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Госкорпорация «Роскосмос»". Telegram. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Госкорпорация «Роскосмос»". Telegram. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Progress MS-26 to leave for ISS on February 15, 2024 — Roscosmos". TASS. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Progress MS-26 to leave for ISS on February 15, 2024 — Roscosmos". TASS. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Progress MS-26 to leave for ISS on February 15, 2024 — Roscosmos". TASS. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  7. ^ a b Jacob, Jeffy (4 January 2024). "Major Satellite Launches of 2024". Geospatial World. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Complete ISS flight events". NasaSpaceFlight.com Forum. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Microgravity Research Flights". Glenn Research Center. NASA. 10 November 2020. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Госкорпорация «Роскосмос»". Telegram. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_MS-26

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