Progress M-15 (Russian: Прогресс М-15) was a Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1992 to resupply the Mir space station.[2] The thirty-third of sixty-four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it used the Progress-M 11F615A55 configuration,[3] and had the serial number 215.[4] It carried supplies including food, water and oxygen for the EO-12 crew aboard Mir, as well as equipment for conducting scientific research, and fuel for adjusting the station's orbit and performing manoeuvres. It also transported the Mak 2 satellite, which was deployed from Mir on 20 November. TORU manual docking system was first tested in this mission.
Mission type | Mir resupply |
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COSPAR ID | 1992-071A ![]() |
SATCAT no. | 22203![]() |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M 11F615A55 |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Launch mass | 7,250 kilograms (15,980 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 27 October 1992, 17:19:41 (1992-10-27UTC17:19:41Z) UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
Launch site | Baikonur Site 31/6 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 7 February 1993, 08:03:35 (1993-02-07UTC08:03:36Z) UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 396 kilometres (246 mi)[1] |
Apogee altitude | 399 kilometres (248 mi)[1] |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Kvant-1 Aft |
Docking date | 29 October 1992, 17:19:41 UTC |
Undocking date | 4 February 1993, 00:44:53 UTC |
Time docked | 97 days |
Progress M-15 was launched at 17:19:41 GMT on 27 October 1992, atop a Soyuz-U2 carrier rocket flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.[4] Following two days of free flight, it docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module at 17:19:41 GMT on 29 October.[5][6]
During the 97 days for which Progress M-15 was docked, Mir was in an orbit of around 396 by 399 kilometres (214 by 215 nmi), inclined at 51.6 degrees.[1] Progress M-15 undocked from Mir at 00:44:53 GMT on 4 February 1993, however it remained in orbit to conduct the Znamya 2 experiment, and research into autonomous flight.[6] It was deorbited on 7 February, and burned up during reentry over the Pacific Ocean at around 08:03:35 GMT.[1][5]
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