Progress M-14 Explained

Progress M-14
Cospar Id:	1992-055A
Satcat:	22090^[1]
Mission Type:	Mir resupply
Manufacturer:	NPO Energia
Spacecraft:	Progress M-14 (No.209)
Spacecraft Type:	Progress-M-VDU 11F615A55^[2]
Launch Date:	UTC
Launch Rocket:	Soyuz-U2
Launch Site:	Baikonur 31/6
Docking:	Docking Type: dock Docking Port: Kvant-1 Aft Docking Date: 18 August 1992, 00:20:48 UTC^[3] Undocking Date: 21 October 1992, 16:46:01 UTC Time Docked: 64.68 days^[4]
Disposal Type:	Deorbited
Decay Date:	GMT
Orbit Reference:	Geocentric
Orbit Regime:	Low Earth
Orbit Inclination:	51.5 degrees
Orbit Period:	88.6 minutes
Apsis:	gee
Previous Mission:	Progress M-13
Next Mission:	Progress M-15

Progress M-14, was a Russian uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1992 to resupply the Mir space station. The spacecraft was modified to transport the first VDU propulsion unit to Mir. Progress M-14 also carried the sixth VBK-Raduga capsule,^[5] which was recovered after the flight.

Launch

Progress M-14 launched on 15 August 1992 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.

Docking

Progress M-14 docked with Mir on 18 August 1992 at 00:20:48 GMT.

See also

• 1992 in spaceflight
• List of Progress flights
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir

Notes and References

1. Web site: Launchlog. Jonathan's Space Report. 23 December 2017.
2. Web site: Progress-M-VDU 14, 38 (11F615A55, 7KTGM). Gunter's Space Page. 23 December 2017.
3. Web site: Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-14". Manned Astronautics figures & facts. https://web.archive.org/web/20070920175353/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm14.sht. 20 September 2007.
4. Web site: Mir. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820173204/http://www.astronautix.com/m/mir.html. dead. August 20, 2016. Astronautix. 23 December 2017.
5. Web site: VBK-Raduga. Gunter's Space Page. 23 December 2017.