Progress M-19 Explained

Progress M-19
Mission Type:Mir resupply
Cospar Id:1993-052A
Satcat:22745[1]
Spacecraft:Progress (No.219)
Spacecraft Type:Progress-M[2]
Manufacturer:RKK Energia
Launch Date:10 August 1993, 22:23:45 UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-U
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 1/5
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Port:Kvant aft[3]
Docking Date:13 August 1993, 00:00:06 UTC
Undocking Date:12 October 1993, 17:59:06 UTC
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:19 October 1993, 00:22:14 UTC[4]
Orbit Epoch:13 August 1993
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:179 km
Orbit Apoapsis:223 km
Orbit Inclination:51.8°
Orbit Period:88.5 minutes
Apsis:gee
Programme:Progress (spacecraft)
Previous Mission:Progress M-18
Next Mission:Progress M-20

Progress M-19 was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in 1993 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-19 launched on 10 August 1993 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.

Docking

Progress M-19 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 13 August 1993 at 00:00:06 UTC, and was undocked on 12 October 1993 at 17:59:06.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 18 October 1993, when it was deorbited. The mission ending occurred at 00:22:14 UTC on 19 October 1993, when the VBK-Raduga 8 capsule landed.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Launchlog. Jonathan's Space Report. 2 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM). Gunter's Space Page. 2 December 2020.
  3. Web site: Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-19". Manned Astronautics figures and facts . https://web.archive.org/web/20071009101349/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm19.sht. 9 October 2007.
  4. Web site: Mir. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820173204/http://www.astronautix.com/m/mir.html. dead. 20 August 2016. Astronautix. 2 December 2020.