| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1992-071A |
| SATCATno. | 22203 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M 11F615A55 |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,250 kilograms (15,980 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 27 October 1992, 17:19:41 (1992-10-27UTC17:19:41Z) UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
| Launch site | BaikonurSite 31/6 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 7 February 1993, 08:03:35 (1993-02-07UTC08:03:36Z) UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 396 kilometres (246 mi)[1] |
| Apogee altitude | 399 kilometres (248 mi)[1] |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Docking withMir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 Aft |
| Docking date | 29 October 1992, 17:19:41 UTC |
| Undocking date | 4 February 1993, 00:44:53 UTC |
| Time docked | 97 days |
Progress M-15 (Russian:Прогресс М-15) was a Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1992 to resupply theMir space station.[2] The thirty-third of sixty-fourProgress spacecraft to visit Mir, it used theProgress-M 11F615A55 configuration,[3] and had theserial number 215.[4] It carried supplies including food, water and oxygen for theEO-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 theMak 2 satellite, which was deployed from Mir on 20 November.TORU manual docking system was first tested in this mission.
Progress M-15 was launched at 17:19:41 GMT on 27 October 1992, atop aSoyuz-U2 carrier rocket flying fromSite 31/6 at theBaikonur Cosmodrome.[4] Following two days of free flight, it docked with the aft port of theKvant-1 module at 17:19:41 GMT on 29 October.[5][6]
During the 97 days for which Progress M-15 was docked, Mir was in an orbit of around 396 by 399 kilometres (214 by 215 nmi),inclined at 51.6 degrees.[1] Progress M-15 undocked from Mir at 00:44:53 GMT on 4 February 1993, however it remained in orbit to conduct theZnamya 2 experiment, and research into autonomous flight.[6] It was deorbited on 7 February, and burned up duringreentry over thePacific Ocean at around 08:03:35 GMT.[1][5]
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