Thursday, October 15, 1998

Progress M-23

 1994-031A


Progress M (7K-TGM) No. 223 was launched in May 1994 and announced as Progress M-23. It carried the last VBK reentry capsule. Mass was 7117 kg. The launch vehicle was built to the Soyuz-U2 standard but fuelled and used as a Soyuz-U, according to Igor Lissov.


Progress M-23 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1994 May 22  0430:04  Launch by Soyuz-U  KB 
 0438:52  Blok I cutoff  193 x 247 x 51.6 
1994 May 24  0618:35  Docked with Kvant DP2 
1994 Jul 2  0846:49  Undocked 
 1444  TDU deorbit 
 1455:45  VBK sep 
 1457:35  Reentry 
 1509:00  VBK landed

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