Progress 22
Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft
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Progress 22 (Russian: Прогресс 22) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1984 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.
| Mission type | Salyut 7 resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1984-051A |
| SATCAT no. | 14996[1] |
| Mission duration | 48 days, 4 hours and 39 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.122) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 28 May 1984, 14:12:52 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur 31/6 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 15 July 1984, 18:52:00 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 188 km[3] |
| Apogee altitude | 244 km[3] |
| Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
| Period | 88.8 minutes[3] |
| Epoch | 28 May 1984 |
| Docking with Salyut 7 | |
| Docking port | Aft[3] |
| Docking date | 30 May 1984, 15:47 UTC |
| Undocking date | 15 July 1984, 13:36 UTC |
| Time docked | 45 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes |
Launch
Progress 22 launched on 28 May 1984 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][4]