Progress MS-23 (Russian: Прогресс МC-23), Russian production No.453, identified by NASA as Progress 84P, was a Progress spaceflight launched by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). It was the 176th flight of a Progress spacecraft.

Progress MS-23
Progress MS-23 approaching the ISS
NamesProgress 84P
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2023-071A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.56740Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration188 days, 22 hours and 6 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress MS-23 no.453
Spacecraft typeProgress MS
ManufacturerEnergia
Launch mass7000 kg
Start of mission
Launch date24 May 2023, 12:56 UTC
RocketSoyuz-2.1a
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 31
ContractorProgress Rocket Space Centre
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date29 November 2023, 11:02 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.65°
Docking with ISS
Docking portPoisk zenith
Docking date24 May 2023, 16:19 UTC
Undocking date29 November 2023, 07:55 UTC
Time docked188 days, 15 hours and 36 minutes
Progress ISS Resupply

Launch

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A Soyuz-2.1a with Progress MS-23 to the International Space Station from Baikonur Site 31 launched on 24 May 2023 at 12:56 UTC[1][2][3][4][5] supporting Expedition 69 and Expedition 70 missions aboard the ISS. It docked the same day.[5]

Cargo

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The MS-23 cargo capacity is approximately 2,500 kg (5,500 lb) as follows:[5][6]

  • Dry cargo: 1,290 kg (2,840 lb)
  • Fuel: 499 kg (1,100 lb)–600 kg (1,300 lb)
  • Oxygen: 40 kg (88 lb)
  • Water: 630 kg (1,390 lb)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Россия отправит к МКС пять кораблей в 2022 году" [Russia will send five ships to the ISS in 2022]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. ^ "FY 2022 Congressional Justification NASA Budget Request – Crew and Cargo Program – Project Schedule" (PDF). NASA. 28 May 2021. p. 225 (SO-30). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. ^ Zak, Anatoly (9 February 2021). "ISS set for the Russian expansion". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. ^ Zak, Anatoly (3 February 2021). "Planned Russian space missions in 2022". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b c Graham, William (24 May 2023). "Russia's Progress MS-23 resupply mission arrives at space station". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Progress MS-23 to resupply ISS". Retrieved 7 October 2023.