Progress M-24M


Progress M-24M, identified by NASA as Progress 56P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station during 2014. Progress M-24M was launched on a six-hours rendezvous profile towards the ISS. The 24th Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched, it had the serial number 424 and was built by RKK Energia.

Launch

The spacecraft was launched on 23 July 2014 at 21:44:44 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Docking

Progress M-24M docked with the Pirs docking compartment on 24 July 2014 at 03:31 UTC, less than six hours after launch.

Cargo

The Progress spacecraft carries 2322 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.