Progress MS-22
Progress MS-22 (Russian: Прогресс МC-22), Russian production No.452, identified by NASA as Progress 83P, is a Progress spaceflight launched by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). It is the 175th flight of a Progress spacecraft.
Names | Progress 83P |
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Mission type | ISS resupply |
Operator | Roscosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2023-018A |
SATCAT no. | 55560 |
Mission duration | 192 days, 20 hours and 43 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress MS-22 no.452 |
Spacecraft type | Progress MS |
Manufacturer | Energia |
Launch mass | 7000 kg |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 9 February 2023, 06:15:36 |
Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31 |
Contractor | Progress Rocket Space Centre |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 21 August 2023, 02:58 UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.65° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Zvezda aft |
Docking date | 11 February 2023, 08:45 UTC |
Undocking date | 20 August 2023, 23:50 UTC |
Time docked | 190 days, 15 hours and 5 minutes |
Progress ISS Resupply |
History
The Progress-MS is an uncrewed freighter based on the Progress-M featuring improved avionics. This improved variant first launched on 21 December 2015. It has the following improvements:[1][2][3][4]
- New external compartment that enables it to deploy satellites. Each compartment can hold up to four launch containers. First time installed on Progress MS-03.
- Enhanced redundancy thanks to the addition of a backup system of electrical motors for the docking and sealing mechanism.
- Improved Micrometeoroid (MMOD) protection with additional panels in the cargo compartment.
- Luch Russian relay satellites link capabilities enable telemetry and control even when not in direct view of ground radio stations.
- GNSS autonomous navigation enables real time determination of the status vector and orbital parameters dispensing with the need of ground station orbit determination.
- Real time relative navigation thanks to direct radio data exchange capabilities with the space station.
- New digital radio that enables enhanced TV camera view for the docking operations.
- Unified Command Telemetry System (UCTS) replaces previous Ukrainian Chezara Kvant-V as the Progress spacecraft's on-board radio and antenna/feeder system.
- Replacement of the Kurs A with Kurs NA digital system.
Launch
A Soyuz-2.1a launched Progress MS-22 to the International Space Station from Baikonur Site 31 on 9 February 2023.[5] Around 2 days after the launch, Progress MS-22 automatically docked with Zvezda and continues its mission, supporting Expedition 69 aboard the ISS.
Cargo
The MS-22 cargo capacity is around 2,500 kg (5,500 lb) as follows:
- Dry cargo: 1,319 kg (2,908 lb)
- Fuel: 709 kg (1,563 lb)
- Compressed air: 40 kg (88 lb)
- Water: 420 kg (930 lb)
References
- Krebs, Gunter (1 December 2015). "Progress-MS 01-19". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- "Progress MS-20". NSSDCA. NASA. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Zak, Anatoly. "Progress-MS cargo ship series". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- Blau, Patrick (1 December 2015). "Progress MS Spacecraft". Spaceflight101. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- "ISS-bound Progress MS-22 resupply ship lifts off from Baikonur Cosmodrome". Interfax. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.