Progress M-20 Explained

Progress M-20
Mission Type:Mir resupply
Cospar Id:1993-064A
Satcat:22867[1]
Spacecraft:Progress (No.220)
Spacecraft Type:Progress-M[2]
Manufacturer:RKK Energia
Launch Date:11 October 1993, 21:33:19 UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-U
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 1/5
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Port:Kvant-1 aft[3]
Docking Date:13 October 1993, 23:24:46 UTC
Undocking Date:21 November 1993, 02:38:43 UTC
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:21 November 1993, 08:51 UTC[4]
Orbit Epoch:11 October 1993
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:191 km
Orbit Apoapsis:242 km
Orbit Inclination:51.6°
Orbit Period:88.5 minutes
Apsis:gee
Programme:Progress (spacecraft)
Previous Mission:Progress M-19
Next Mission:Progress M-21

Progress M-20 was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in 1993 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-20 launched on 11 October 1993 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.

Docking

Progress M-20 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 13 October 1993 at 23:24:46 UTC, and was undocked on 21 November 1993 at 02:38:43 UTC.[5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 21 November 1993, when it was deorbited. The VBK-Raduga 10 capsule was jettisoned at 08:50 UTC, immediately before reentry. The mission ending occurred at 09:03 UTC, when the VBK-Raduga capsule landed across the Kazakh border from the Russian city of Orsk.

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-20". Manned Astronautics figures and facts . https://web.archive.org/web/20071009100109/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm20.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.
  5. Web site: Progress M-20. NASA. 2 December 2020.