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Progress 7K-TGM No. 223

Soyuz-U2 launch from Baikonur (Russia) on May 22, 1994, carrying 2 payloads. GCAT records the launch as a success.

May 22, 1994 · 04:30 UTCLaunch 1994-031Launch no. 3,898 in the log
RocketSoyuz-U2
SpaceportBaikonurpad LC1
OutcomeSuccess
Launch agencyVKS RVSNRussia

Flight

Date and time (UTC)
May 22, 1994, 04:30
Launch designation
1994-031
Mission
Progress 7K-TGM No. 223
Flight name
Progress M-23
Vehicle flight ID
76024 -355

Orbit and payload

Initial apogee
400 km
Payload mass to orbit
9.3 t
Payloads
2
GCAT launch code
OS

Payloads

PayloadDesignationOwnerMission typeMassFate
Progress M-231994-031ANORAD 23114RKK EnergiyaHuman spaceflight7,117 kgDocked with another object · May 24, 1994
VBK Raduga1994-031Rossiskoe 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.