Progress M-20
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A Progress-M spacecraft
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Mission type | Mir resupply |
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COSPAR ID |
1993-064A
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SATCAT no. | 22867 [1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress (No.220) |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M [2] |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 11 October 1993, 21:33:19 UTC [1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-U [2] |
Launch site | Baikonur , Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 21 November 1993, 08:51 UTC [3] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 191 km [4] |
Apogee altitude | 242 km [4] |
Inclination | 51.6° [4] |
Period | 88.5 minutes [4] |
Epoch | 11 October 1993 |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Kvant-1 aft [4] |
Docking date | 13 October 1993, 23:24:46 UTC |
Undocking date | 21 November 1993, 02:38:43 UTC |
Progress M-20 ( Russian : Прогресс M-20 ) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in 1993 to resupply the Mir space station.
Launch
Progress M-20 launched on 11 October 1993 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan . It used a Soyuz-U rocket. [2]
Docking
Progress M-20 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 13 October 1993 at 23:24:46 UTC, and was undocked on 21 November 1993 at 02:38:43 UTC. [4] [5]
Decay
It remained in orbit until 21 November 1993, when it was deorbited. The VBK-Raduga 10 capsule was jettisoned at 08:50 UTC, immediately before reentry. The mission ending occurred at 09:03 UTC, when the VBK-Raduga capsule landed across the Kazakh border from the Russian city of Orsk . [3]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Launchlog" . Jonathan's Space Report . Retrieved 2 December 2020 .
- 1 2 3 "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)" . Gunter's Space Page . Retrieved 2 December 2020 .
- 1 2 "Mir" . Astronautix . Archived from the original on 20 August 2016 . Retrieved 2 December 2020 .
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-20" " . Manned Astronautics figures and facts . Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
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