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Progress M-14

Progress M-14, was a Russian uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1992 to resupply the Mir space station. The spacecraft was modified to transport the first VDU propulsion unit to Mir. Progress M-14 also carried the sixth VBK-Raduga capsule, which was recovered after the flight.

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Progress M-14
A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1992-055A
SATCAT no.220901
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress M-14 (No.209)
Spacecraft typeProgress-M-VDU 11F615A552
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date15 August 1992, 22:18:32 (1992-08-15UTC22:18:32Z) UTC1
RocketSoyuz-U22
Launch siteBaikonur 31/62
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date21 October 1992, 23:12:00 (1992-10-21UTC23:13Z) GMT3
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude187 kilometres (116 mi)4
Apogee altitude221 kilometres (137 mi)4
Inclination51.5 degrees4
Period88.6 minutes4
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 Aft
Docking date18 August 1992, 00:20:48 UTC4
Undocking date21 October 1992, 16:46:01 UTC4
Time docked64.68 days3

Progress M-14 (Russian: Прогресс M-14), was a Russian uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1992 to resupply the Mir space station. The spacecraft was modified to transport the first VDU propulsion unit to Mir.3 Progress M-14 also carried the sixth VBK-Raduga capsule,5 which was recovered after the flight.

Launch

Progress M-14 launched on 15 August 1992 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.2

Docking

Progress M-14 docked with Mir on 18 August 1992 at 00:20:48 GMT.3

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. "Progress-M-VDU 14, 38 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  3. "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  4. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-14"". Manned Astronautics figures & facts. Archived from the original on 20 September 2007.
  5. "VBK-Raduga". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 23 December 2017.