Progress M-15 () was a Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1992 to resupply the
Mir
''Mir'' (, ; ) was a space station operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, first by the Soviet Union and later by the Russia, Russian Federation. ''Mir'' was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to ...
space station.
The thirty-third of sixty-four
Progress
Progress is movement towards a perceived refined, improved, or otherwise desired state. It is central to the philosophy of progressivism, which interprets progress as the set of advancements in technology, science, and social organization effic ...
spacecraft to visit Mir, it used the
Progress-M
Progress-M (, GRAU indices 11F615A55 and 11F615A60), also known as Progress 7K-TGM, is a Russian, previously Soviet spacecraft which is used to resupply space stations. It is a variant of the Progress spacecraft, originally built in the late 1 ...
11F615A55 configuration,
and had the
serial number
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Despite being called serial "numbers", they do not need to be strictly numerical and may contain letters ...
215.
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.
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manual docking system was first tested in this mission.
Progress M-15 was launched at 17:19:41 GMT on 27 October 1992, atop a
Soyuz-U2
The Soyuz-U2 (GRAU index 11A511U2) was a Soviet, later Russian, carrier rocket. It was derived from the Soyuz-U, and a member of the R-7 family of rockets. It featured increased performance compared with the baseline Soyuz-U, due to the use of ...
carrier rocket flying from
Site 31/6
Baikonur Site 31, also designated as Site 31/6, is a launch complex at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It serves as a key launch site, supporting Soyuz-2 launches for both crewed and uncrewed missions. The site was first utilized on 14 ...
at the
Baikonur Cosmodrome
The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. All Russian Human spaceflight, crewed spaceflights are l ...
.
Following two days of free flight, it docked with the aft port of the ''
Kvant-1
Kvant-1 (; English: Quantum-I/1) (37KE) was the first module to be attached in 1987 to the Mir Core Module, which formed the core of the Soviet space station ''Mir''. It remained attached to ''Mir'' until the entire space station was deorbited i ...
'' module at 17:19:41 GMT on 29 October.
During the 97 days for which Progress M-15 was docked, Mir was in an orbit of around ,
inclined at 51.6 degrees.
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.
It was deorbited on 7 February, and burned up during
reentry
Atmospheric entry (sometimes listed as Vimpact or Ventry) is the movement of an object from outer space into and through the gases of an atmosphere of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite. Atmospheric entry may be ''uncontrolled entr ...
over the
Pacific Ocean
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at around 08:03:35 GMT.
See also
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1992 in spaceflight
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1993 in spaceflight
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List of Progress flights
This is a list of missions conducted by Progress automated spacecraft. Progress is an uncrewed Russian (previously Soviet) cargo spacecraft which has been used since 1978 to deliver supplies to Soviet space stations Salyut 6, Salyut 7, Mir, an ...
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List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir
This is a list of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir. Components of the space station are indicated in green.
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References
Spacecraft launched in 1992
1993 in spaceflight
Progress (spacecraft) missions
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