PROGRESS MS-23

PROGRESS MS-23 is no longer on orbit
PROGRESS MS-23 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 56740

Int'l Code: 2023-071A

Launch date: May 24, 2023
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)
Decay date: 2023-11-29

PROGRESS MS-23 spacecraft is a ressuply mission launched atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket on occurred 12:56 UTC (6:56 p.m. local time), from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It docked without issue a few hours later. PROGRESS MS-23 is the latest in a long series of uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft which Russia uses to deliver supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). Onboard PROGRESS MS-23 is more than 2,500 kg of cargo. This includes 600 kg of propellant for refueling the ISS; 630 kg of drinking water, and 40 kg of pressurized gases. The remaining 1,290 kg consists of research equipment and tools, consumables and kits for scientific experiments, clothing, food, and hygiene products to support the work and life of the crew of Expedition 69.