Progress M-59 (russian: Прогресс М-59, italic=yes), identified by

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as Progress 24P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the

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. It was a

Progress-M Progress-M (russian: Прогресс-М, GRAU indices 11F615A55 and 11F615A60), also known as Progress 7K-TGM, is a Russian, previously Soviet spacecraft which is used to resupply space stations. It is a variant of the Progress spacecraft, or ...

11F615A55 spacecraft, with the

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359.

Launch

Progress M-59 was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the

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. Launch occurred at 02:12:13 UTC on 18 January 2007.

Docking

The spacecraft docked with the '' Pirs'' module at 01:59 UTC on 20 January 2007. It remained docked for 193 days before undocking at 14:07 UTC on 1 August 2007. It was deorbited at 18:42 UTC the same day. The spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere over the

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, with any remaining debris landing in the ocean at around 19:26 UTC. 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

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Launch

Docking

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