Progress M-21

Russian unmanned cargo spacecraft

Progress M-21
Spacecraft properties
A Progress-M spacecraft

Mission type	Mir resupply
COSPAR ID	1994-005A
SATCAT no.	22975^[1]


Spacecraft	Progress (No.221)
Spacecraft type	Progress-M^[2]
Manufacturer	RKK Energia


Start of mission
Launch date	28 January 1994, 02:12:10 UTC^[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U^[2]
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5


End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	23 March 1994, 05:13 UTC^[3]


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	194 km^[3]
Apogee altitude	236 km^[3]
Inclination	51.6°^[3]
Period	88.5 minutes^[3]
Epoch	28 January 1994


Docking with Mir
Docking port	Kvant-1 aft^[3]
Docking date	30 January 1994, 03:56:13 UTC
Undocking date	23 March 1994, 01:20:29 UTC

Progress (spacecraft) ← Progress M-20 Progress M-22 →

Progress M-21 (Russian: Прогресс M-21) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in January 1994 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-21 launched on 28 January 1994 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.^[2]

Docking

Progress M-21 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 30 January 1994 at 03:56:13 UTC, and was undocked on 23 March 1994 at 01:20:29 UTC.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 23 March 1994, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 04:23 UTC, and the mission ended at 05:13 UTC.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-21"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
^ "Progress M-21". NASA. Retrieved 2 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2020.

Progress spacecraft

Versions

Missions

1970s	1978 Progress 1 2 3 4 1979 5 6 7
1980s	1980 Progress 8 9 10 11 1981 12 1982 13 14 15 16 1983 17 18 1984 19 20 21 22 23 1985 24 Kosmos 1669 1986 25 26 1987 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 1988 34 35 36 37 38 39 1989 40 41 M-1 M-2
1990s	1990 Progress M-3 42 M-4 M-5 1991 M-6 M-7 M-8 M-9 M-10 1992 M-11 M-12 M-13 M-14 M-15 1993 M-16 M-17 M-18 M-19 M-20 1994 M-21 M-22 M-23 M-24 M-25 1995 M-26 M-27 M-28 M-29 M-30 1996 M-31 M-32 M-33 1997 M-34 M-35 M-36 M-37 1998 M-38 M-39 M-40 1999 M-41 M-42
2000s	2000 Progress M1-1 M1-2 M1-3 M-43 M1-4 2001 M1-5 M-44 M1-6 M-45 M-SO1 M1-7 2002 M1-8 M-46 M1-9 2003 M-47 M1-10 M-48 2004 M1-11 M-49 M-50 M-51 2005 M-52 M-53 M-54 M-55 2006 M-56 M-57 M-58 2007 M-59 M-60 M-61 M-62 2008 M-63 M-64 M-65 M-01M 2009 M-66 M-02M M-67 M-03M M-MIM2
2010s	2010 Progress M-04M M-05M M-06M M-07M M-08M 2011 M-09M M-10M M-11M M-12M† M-13M 2012 M-14M M-15M M-16M M-17M 2013 M-18M M-19M M-20M M-21M 2014 M-22M M-23M M-24M M-25M 2015 M-26M M-27M† M-28M M-29M MS-01 2016 MS-02 MS-03 MS-04† 2017 MS-05 MS-06 MS-07 2018 MS-08 MS-09 MS-10 2019 MS-11 MS-12 MS-13
2020s	2020 MS-14 MS-15 2021 MS-16 MS-17 MS-18 M-UM 2022 MS-19 MS-20 MS-21 2023 MS-22 MS-23 MS-24 MS-25 2024 MS-26
Future	2024 MS-27

See also

Signs † indicate launch or spacecraft failures.

v t e ← 1993 Orbital launches in 1994 1995 →
January	Soyuz TM-18 Gals 1 Eutelsat II F5, Türksat 1A Meteor-3 #7, Tubsat-B Clementine, ISA Progress M-21
February	STS-60 (WSF, ODERACS A, ODERACS B, ODERACS C, ODERACS D, ODERACS E, ODERACS F, BremSat) Myojo, Ryusei Globus #13L USA-99 Shijian 4, Kua Fu 1 Kosmos 2268, Kosmos 2269, Kosmos 2270, Kosmos 2271, Kosmos 2272, Kosmos 2273 Gran' #40L Galaxy 1RR
March	Koronas-I STS-62 USA-100, SEDS-2 USA-101, USA-102 Kosmos 2274 Progress M-22
April	STS-59 Kosmos 2275, Kosmos 2276, Kosmos 2277 GOES 8 Kosmos 2278 Kosmos 2279 Kosmos 2280
May	USA-103 SROSS-C2 MSTI-2 STEP-2 Rimsat 2 Progress M-23 Tselina-D
June	Kosmos 2281 Foton #9 Intelsat 702, STRV 1A, STRV 1B USA-104 STEP-1
July	Soyuz TM-19 FSW-16 Kosmos 2282 STS-65 PAS-2, Yuri 3n Nadezhda #104 Kosmos 2283 Apstar 1 Kosmos 2284
August	Kosmos 2285 APEX DirecTV-2 Kosmos 2286 Brasilsat B1, Türksat 1B Kosmos 2287, Kosmos 2288, Kosmos 2289 Molniya 3-60 Progress M-24 Kosmos 2290 USA-105 Optus B3 Kiku 6 USA-106
September	Telstar 402 STS-64 (SPARTAN-201) Kosmos 2291 Kosmos 2292 STS-68
October	Soyuz TM-20 Intelsat 703 Solidarad 2 Thaicom 2 Okean-O1 #7 Ekspress-2 IRS-P2 Elektro #1L
November	Astra 1D Wind Kosmos 2293 STS-66 (CRISTA-SPAS) Resurs-O1 #3L Progress M-25 Kosmos 2294, Kosmos 2295, Kosmos 2296 Kosmos 2297 Geo-IK #24 Orion 1 Chinasat-6
December	PAS-3 Molniya 1-88 Altair #13L Kosmos 2298 USA-107 Radio-ROSTO Kosmos 2299, Kosmos 2300, Kosmos 2301, Kosmos 2302, Kosmos 2303, Kosmos 2304 Gran' #43L Kosmos 2305 NOAA-14
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).