Progress M-59
{{Short description|Russian cargo spacecraft}}
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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name = Progress M-59
| image = Progress M-59.jpg
| image_caption = Progress M-59 approaching the ISS.
| mission_type = ISS resupply
| operator = Roskosmos
| COSPAR_ID = 2007-002A
| SATCAT = 29714
| mission_duration = 195 days
| spacecraft_type = Progress-M s/n 359
| manufacturer = RKK Energia
| dry_mass =
| launch_mass =
| launch_date = 18 January 2007, 02:12:13 UTC
| launch_rocket = Soyuz-U
| launch_site = Baikonur, Site 1/5
| disposal_type = Deorbited
| decay_date = 1 August 2007, 19:26 UTC
| orbit_epoch = 18 January 2007
| orbit_reference = Geocentric
| orbit_regime = Low Earth
| orbit_periapsis = 322 km
| orbit_apoapsis = 352 km
| orbit_inclination = 51.6°
| orbit_period = 91.3 minutes
| apsis = gee
| docking =
{{Infobox spaceflight/Dock
| docking_target = ISS
| docking_type = dock
| docking_port = Pirs
| docking_date = 20 January 2007, 01:59 UTC
| undocking_date = 1 August 2007, 14:07 UTC
| time_docked = 193 days
}}
| cargo_mass = 2500 kg
| cargo_mass_press =
| cargo_mass_fuel =
| cargo_mass_gas =
| cargo_mass_water =
| programme = Progress ISS Resupply
| previous_mission = Progress M-58
| next_mission = Progress M-60
}}
Progress M-59 ({{langx|ru|Прогресс М-59|italic=yes}}), identified by NASA as Progress 24P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station. It was a Progress-M 11F615A55 spacecraft, with the serial number 359.
Launch
Progress M-59 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Launch occurred at 02:12:13 UTC on 18 January 2007.{{cite web |url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launch Log|last=McDowell|first=Jonathan|author-link=Jonathan McDowell|publisher=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=2009-06-05}}
Docking
The spacecraft docked with the Pirs module at 01:59 UTC on 20 January 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proressm.htm|title=Progress M| publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica|access-date=2009-06-05|last=Wade|first=Mark|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710175743/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/proressm.htm| archive-date=2009-07-10}} It remained docked for 193 days before undocking at 14:07 UTC on 1 August 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/progress.html|title=Progress cargo ship|last=Zak|first=Anatoly|publisher=RussianSpaceWeb|access-date=2009-06-05}} It was deorbited at 18:42 UTC the same day. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 19:26 UTC.{{cite web|url=http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm59.sht|first=Alexander|last=Anikeev|publisher=Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts|title=Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-59"|access-date=2009-06-05|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008063748/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm59.sht|archive-date=2007-10-08}}{{cite web |url=http://www.planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt|title=Satellite Catalog|last=McDowell|first=Jonathan|publisher=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=2009-06-05}}
Progress M-59 carried supplies to the International Space Station, including food, water and oxygen for the crew and equipment for conducting scientific research. Its cargo included components for the Space Station's life support system.
See also
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References
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