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Progress 23

Progress 23 was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in August 1984 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.

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Progress 23
Mission typeSalyut 7 resupply
COSPAR ID1984-086A
SATCAT no.151931
Mission duration13 days and 19 hours
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.124)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG2
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date14 August 1984, 06:28:15 UTC1
RocketSoyuz-U2
Launch siteBaikonur 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date28 August 1984, 01:28 UTC3
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude186 km3
Apogee altitude250 km3
Inclination51.6°3
Period88.9 minutes3
Epoch14 August 1984
Docking with Salyut 7
Docking portAft3
Docking date16 August 1984, 08:11 UTC
Undocking date26 August 1984, 16:13 UTC
Time docked10 days, 8 hours and 2 minutes

Progress 23 (Russian: Прогресс 23) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in August 1984 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.

Launch

Progress 23 launched on 14 August 1984 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.24

Docking

Progress 23 docked with the aft port of Salyut 7 on 16 August 1984 at 08:11 UTC, and was undocked on 26 August 1984 at 16:13 UTC.35

Decay

It remained in orbit until 28 August 1984, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 01:28 UTC, with the mission ending at around 02:15 UTC.35

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 23"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.
  4. "Progress 23". NASA. Retrieved 5 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. "Salyut 7". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.