| Progress 23 | |||||||||
| Mission Type: | Salyut 7 resupply | ||||||||
| Cospar Id: | 1984-086A | ||||||||
| Satcat: | 15193[1] | ||||||||
| Spacecraft: | Progress (No.124) | ||||||||
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress 7K-TG[2] | ||||||||
| Manufacturer: | NPO Energia | ||||||||
| Launch Date: | 14 August 1984, 06:28:15 UTC | ||||||||
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U | ||||||||
| Launch Site: | Baikonur 1/5 | ||||||||
| Docking: |
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| Disposal Type: | Deorbited | ||||||||
| Decay Date: | 28 August 1984, 01:28 UTC | ||||||||
| Orbit Epoch: | 14 August 1984 | ||||||||
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric | ||||||||
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth | ||||||||
| Orbit Periapsis: | 186 km | ||||||||
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 250 km | ||||||||
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.6° | ||||||||
| Orbit Period: | 88.9 minutes | ||||||||
| Apsis: | gee | ||||||||
| Programme: | Progress (spacecraft) | ||||||||
| Previous Mission: | Progress 22 | ||||||||
| Next Mission: | Progress 24 | ||||||||
Progress 23 was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in August 1984 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.
Progress 23 launched on 14 August 1984 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[4]
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.[5]
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.