Progress M-22

Progress M-22 (Russian: Прогресс M-22) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in March 1994 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress M-22

A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission type	Mir resupply
COSPAR ID	1994-019A
SATCAT no.	23035[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.222)
Spacecraft type	Progress-M[2]
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	22 March 1994, 04:54:12 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U[2]
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	23 May 1994, 04:40 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	192 km[3]
Apogee altitude	238 km[3]
Inclination	51.7°[3]
Period	88.5 minutes[3]
Epoch	22 March 1994
Docking with Mir
Docking port	Kvant-1 aft[3]
Docking date	24 March 1994, 06:39:37 UTC
Undocking date	23 May 1994, 00:58:38 UTC
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Launch

Progress M-22 launched on 22 March 1994 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.^[2]

Docking

Progress M-22 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 24 March 1994 at 06:39:37 UTC, and was undocked on 23 May 1994 at 00:58:38 UTC.^[3][4][5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 23 May 1994, when it was deorbited. The mission ended at 04:40 UTC.^[3]

See also

• Spaceflight portal

• 1994 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir