Progress 23

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.

Progress 23

Mission type	Salyut 7 resupply
COSPAR ID	1984-086A
SATCAT no.	15193[1]
Mission duration	13 days and 19 hours
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.124)
Spacecraft type	Progress 7K-TG[2]
Manufacturer	NPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	14 August 1984, 06:28:15 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U[2]
Launch site	Baikonur 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	28 August 1984, 01:28 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	186 km[3]
Apogee altitude	250 km[3]
Inclination	51.6°[3]
Period	88.9 minutes[3]
Epoch	14 August 1984
Docking with Salyut 7
Docking port	Aft[3]
Docking date	16 August 1984, 08:11 UTC
Undocking date	26 August 1984, 16:13 UTC
Time docked	10 days, 8 hours and 2 minutes
Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress 22 Progress 24 →

Launch

Progress 23 launched on 14 August 1984 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.^[2][4]

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.^[3][5]

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.^[3][5]

See also

• Spaceflight portal

• 1984 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Salyut space stations