Progress M-14
Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft
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Progress M-14 (Russian: Прогресс M-14), was a Russian uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1992 to resupply the Mir space station. The spacecraft was modified to transport the first VDU propulsion unit to Mir.[3] Progress M-14 also carried the sixth VBK-Raduga capsule,[5] which was recovered after the flight.
A Progress-M spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1992-055A |
| SATCAT no. | 22090[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress M-14 (No.209) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M-VDU 11F615A55[2] |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 15 August 1992, 22:18:32 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur 31/6[2] |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 21 October 1992, 23:12:00 GMT[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 187 kilometres (116 mi)[4] |
| Apogee altitude | 221 kilometres (137 mi)[4] |
| Inclination | 51.5 degrees[4] |
| Period | 88.6 minutes[4] |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 Aft |
| Docking date | 18 August 1992, 00:20:48 UTC[4] |
| Undocking date | 21 October 1992, 16:46:01 UTC[4] |
| Time docked | 64.68 days[3] |
Launch
Progress M-14 launched on 15 August 1992 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2]
Docking
Progress M-14 docked with Mir on 18 August 1992 at 00:20:48 GMT.[3]
