Tuesday, October 24, 1995

Progress M-14

 1992-055A


The next 7K-TGM spacecraft was Progress M 11F615A55 No. 209, which had been modified to replace the Otsek komlonyemntov dozapravki (fuel section) with an unpressurized structure containing the VDU (Vynosnoy Dvigatel'noy Ustanovki, External Engine Unit). Spacecraft 209 was named Progress M-14 after launch.


Progress M-14 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1992 Aug 15  2218:32  Launch by Soyuz-U  KB 
 2227  Blok-I sep 
   191 x 251 x 51.6 
1992 Aug 18  0020:48  Docked with Mir KDP2 
1992 Sep 2   VDU deployed to external surface 
1992 Sep 3   VDU removed by EVA 
1992 Oct 21  1646:01  Undocked  
 2230  Deorbit  
 2255  VBK ejected  

2309  VBK landed  

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