Progress M-23

Progress M-23
A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1994-031A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.23114
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.223)
Spacecraft typeProgress-M
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date22 May 1994, 04:30:04 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U2
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date2 July 1994, 14:57 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude185 km
Apogee altitude229 km
Inclination51.6°
Period88.63 minutes
Epoch22 May 1994
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 aft
Docking date24 May 1994, 06:18:35 UTC
Undocking date2 July 1994, 08:46:49 UTC
 

Progress M-23 (Russian: Прогресс M-23) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1994 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-23 launched on 22 May 1994 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.

Docking

Progress M-23 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 24 May 1994 at 06:18:35 UTC, and was undocked on 2 July 1994 at 08:46:49 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 2 July 1994, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 14:44 UTC, with reentry occurring at 14:57 UTC. The mission ended at 15:09 UTC, when the VBK-Raduga 10 capsule landed.

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