Progress M-23

Progress M-23 (Russian: Прогресс M-23) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1994 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress M-23

A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission type	Mir resupply
COSPAR ID	1994-031A
SATCAT no.	23114[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.223)
Spacecraft type	Progress-M[2]
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	22 May 1994, 04:30:04 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U2[2]
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	2 July 1994, 14:57 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	185 km[4]
Apogee altitude	229 km[4]
Inclination	51.6°[4]
Period	88.63 minutes[4]
Epoch	22 May 1994
Docking with Mir
Docking port	Kvant-1 aft[4]
Docking date	24 May 1994, 06:18:35 UTC
Undocking date	2 July 1994, 08:46:49 UTC
Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress M-22 Progress M-24 →

Launch

Progress M-23 launched on 22 May 1994 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.^[2]

Docking

Progress M-23 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 24 May 1994 at 06:18:35 UTC, and was undocked on 2 July 1994 at 08:46:49 UTC.^[4][3][5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 2 July 1994, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 14:44 UTC, with reentry occurring at 14:57 UTC. The mission ended at 15:09 UTC, when the VBK-Raduga 10 capsule landed.^[3]

See also

• Spaceflight portal

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