Progress M-22M

Progress M-22M (Russian: Прогресс М-22М), identified by NASA as Progress 54P, is a Progress spacecraft used by Roskosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) during 2014.[2] Progress M-22M was built by RKK Energia. Progress M-22M was launched on a six-hours rendezvous profile towards the ISS. The 22nd Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft to be launched, it had the serial number 422.

Progress M-22M
Progress M-22M approaches
the ISS on 5 February 2014.
Mission typeISS resupply
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2014-005A
SATCAT no.39506
Mission duration72 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeProgress-M s/n 422
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Launch mass7250 kg
Start of mission
Launch date5 February 2014,
16:23:32 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date18 April 2014, 15:46 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude193 km
Apogee altitude245 km
Inclination51.6°
Period88.59 minutes
Epoch5 February 2014
Docking with ISS
Docking portPirs
Docking date5 February 2014, 22:22 UTC
Undocking date7 April 2014, 13:58 UTC
Time docked61 days
Cargo
Mass2370 kg
Pressurised1244 kg (dry cargo)
Fuel656 kg
Gaseous50 kg
Water420 kg
Progress ISS Resupply
 

Launch

The spacecraft was launched on 5 February 2014 at 16:23:32 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.[3] The launch was the first Russian orbital launch of 2014.

Docking
An ISS Progress resupply vehicle approaches the International Space Station, carrying food, fuel and supplies for the Expedition 38 crew members. The spacecraft completed its four-orbit trek when it docked automatically to the station's Pirs docking compartment.

Progress M-22M docked with the Pirs docking compartment on 5 February at 22:22 UTC, less than six hours after launch.

Cargo

The Progress spacecraft carries 2370 kg of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.[4]

Undocking and Reentry

Progress M-22M undocked from the ISS on 7 April 2014, and was deorbited on 18 April 2014 after supporting a scientific experiment in free-fly mode.

References
  1. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. Pete Harding (5 February 2014). "Progress M-22M docks with ISS following fast rendezvous". NASASpaceflight.com.
  3. "Russian cargo craft docks to International Space Station". Spaceflight Now. 5 February 2014.
  4. "Progress M-22M". Roscosmos. 6 February 2014.
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