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Progress 7K-TGM No. 218

Soyuz-U2 launch from Baikonur (Russia) on May 22, 1993, carrying 2 payloads. GCAT records the launch as a success.

May 22, 1993 · 06:41 UTCLaunch 1993-034Launch no. 3,816 in the log
RocketSoyuz-U2
SpaceportBaikonurpad LC1
OutcomeSuccess
Launch agencyVKS RVSNRussia

Flight

Date and time (UTC)
May 22, 1993, 06:41
Launch designation
1993-034
Mission
Progress 7K-TGM No. 218
Flight name
Progress M-18
Vehicle flight ID
U 15000-063 (Kero)

Orbit and payload

Initial apogee
396 km
Payload mass to orbit
9.5 t
Payloads
2
GCAT launch code
OS

Payloads

PayloadDesignationOwnerMission typeMassFate
Progress M-181993-034ANORAD 22666NPO EnergiyaHuman spaceflight7,348 kgDocked with another object · May 24, 1993
VBK Raduga1993-034Rossiskoe aviatsionno-kosmicheskoe agentsvo (Rosaviakosmos)———

Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.