Progress 22 (Russian: Прогресс 22) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1984 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.

Progress 22
Mission typeSalyut 7 resupply
COSPAR ID1984-051A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.14996[1]
Mission duration48 days, 4 hours and 39 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.122)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG[2]
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date28 May 1984, 14:12:52 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U[2]
Launch siteBaikonur 31/6
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date15 July 1984, 18:52:00 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude188 km[3]
Apogee altitude244 km[3]
Inclination51.6°[3]
Period88.8 minutes[3]
Epoch28 May 1984
Docking with Salyut 7
Docking portAft[3]
Docking date30 May 1984, 15:47 UTC
Undocking date15 July 1984, 13:36 UTC
Time docked45 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes

Launch

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Progress 22 launched on 28 May 1984 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][4]

Docking

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Progress 22 docked with the aft port of Salyut 7 on 30 May 1984 at 15:47 UTC, and was undocked on 15 July 1984 at 13:36 UTC.[3][5]

Decay

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It remained in orbit until 15 July 1984, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 18:52:00 UTC, with the mission ending at around 19:35 UTC.[3][5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 22"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.
  4. ^ "Progress 22". NASA. Retrieved 6 December 2020.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ a b "Salyut 7". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.