Progress 23

Progress 23
Mission typeSalyut 7 resupply
COSPAR ID1984-086A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.15193
Mission duration13 days and 19 hours
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.124)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date14 August 1984, 06:28:15 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date28 August 1984, 01:28 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude186 km
Apogee altitude250 km
Inclination51.6°
Period88.9 minutes
Epoch14 August 1984
Docking with Salyut 7
Docking portAft
Docking date16 August 1984, 08:11 UTC
Undocking date26 August 1984, 16:13 UTC
Time docked10 days, 8 hours and 2 minutes

Progress 23 (Russian: Прогресс 23) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in August 1984 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.

Launch

Progress 23 launched on 14 August 1984 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.

Docking

Progress 23 docked with the aft port of Salyut 7 on 16 August 1984 at 08:11 UTC, and was undocked on 26 August 1984 at 16:13 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 28 August 1984, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 01:28 UTC, with the mission ending at around 02:15 UTC.

See also

References

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