| Progress M-23 | |
| Mission Type: | Mir resupply |
| Cospar Id: | 1994-031A |
| Satcat: | 23114[1] |
| Spacecraft: | Progress (No.223) |
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress-M[2] |
| Manufacturer: | RKK Energia |
| Launch Date: | 22 May 1994, 04:30:04 UTC |
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U2 |
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| Docking: | |
| Disposal Type: | Deorbited |
| Decay Date: | 2 July 1994, 14:57 UTC[4] |
| Orbit Epoch: | 22 May 1994 |
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth |
| Orbit Periapsis: | 185 km |
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 229 km |
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.6° |
| Orbit Period: | 88.63 minutes |
| Apsis: | gee |
| Programme: | Progress (spacecraft) |
| Previous Mission: | Progress M-22 |
| Next Mission: | Progress M-24 |
Progress M-23 was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1994 to resupply the Mir space station.
Progress M-23 launched on 22 May 1994 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.
Progress M-23 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 24 May 1994 at 06:18:35 UTC, and was undocked on 2 July 1994 at 08:46:49 UTC.[5]
It remained in orbit until 2 July 1994, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 14:44 UTC, with reentry occurring at 14:57 UTC. The mission ended at 15:09 UTC, when the VBK-Raduga 10 capsule landed.