Progress M-22 Explained

Progress M-22
Mission Type:	Mir resupply
Cospar Id:	1994-019A
Satcat:	23035^[1]
Spacecraft:	Progress (No.222)
Spacecraft Type:	Progress-M^[2]
Manufacturer:	RKK Energia
Launch Date:	22 March 1994, 04:54:12 UTC
Launch Rocket:	Soyuz-U
Launch Site:	Baikonur, Site 1/5
Docking:	Docking Type: dock Docking Port: Kvant-1 aft^[3] Docking Date: 24 March 1994, 06:39:37 UTC Undocking Date: 23 May 1994, 00:58:38 UTC
Disposal Type:	Deorbited
Decay Date:	23 May 1994, 04:40 UTC
Orbit Epoch:	22 March 1994
Orbit Reference:	Geocentric
Orbit Regime:	Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:	192 km
Orbit Apoapsis:	238 km
Orbit Inclination:	51.7°
Orbit Period:	88.5 minutes
Apsis:	gee
Programme:	Progress (spacecraft)
Previous Mission:	Progress M-21
Next Mission:	Progress M-23

Progress M-22 was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in March 1994 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-22 launched on 22 March 1994 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.

Docking

Progress M-22 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 24 March 1994 at 06:39:37 UTC, and was undocked on 23 May 1994 at 00:58:38 UTC.^{[4] [5]}

Decay

It remained in orbit until 23 May 1994, when it was deorbited. The mission ended at 04:40 UTC.

See also

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

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-22". Manned Astronautics figures and facts . https://web.archive.org/web/20071009095859/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm22.sht. 9 October 2007.
4. Web site: Progress M-22. NASA. 2 December 2020.
5. Web site: Mir. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820173204/http://www.astronautix.com/m/mir.html. dead. 20 August 2016. Astronautix. 2 December 2020.