Progress M-22M

Progress M-22M (Russian: Прогресс М-22М), identified by NASA as Progress 54P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2014.^[2] Progress M-22M was built by RKK Energia. Progress M-22M was launched on a six-hour rendezvous profile towards the ISS. The 22nd Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched, it had the serial number 422.

Progress M-22M

Progress M-22M approaches the ISS on 5 February 2014
Mission type	ISS resupply
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2014-005A
SATCAT no.	39506
Mission duration	72 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Progress-M s/n 422
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Launch mass	7,250 kg
Start of mission
Launch date	5 February 2014, 16:23:32 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	18 April 2014, 15:46 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	193 km
Apogee altitude	245 km
Inclination	51.6°
Period	88.59 minutes
Epoch	5 February 2014
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Pirs
Docking date	5 February 2014, 22:22 UTC
Undocking date	7 April 2014, 13:58 UTC
Time docked	61 days
Cargo
Mass	2,370 kg
Pressurised	1,244 kg (dry cargo)
Fuel	656 kg
Gaseous	50 kg
Water	420 kg
Progress ISS Resupply ← Progress M-21M Progress M-23M →

Launch

The spacecraft was launched on 5 February 2014 at 16:23:32 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.^[3] The launch was the first Russian orbital launch of 2014.

Docking

An ISS Progress resupply vehicle approaches the International Space Station, carrying food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 38 crew members. The spacecraft completed its four-orbit trek when it docked automatically to the station's Pirs docking compartment.

Progress M-22M docked with the Pirs docking compartment on 5 February at 22:22 UTC, less than six hours after launch.

Cargo

The Progress spacecraft carries 2,370 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.^[4]

Undocking and Reentry

Progress M-22M undocked from the ISS on 7 April 2014, and was deorbited on 18 April 2014 after supporting a scientific experiment in free-fly mode.