Progress M-19 () was a Russian unmanned

Progress Progress is the movement towards a refined, improved, or otherwise desired state. In the context of progressivism, it refers to the proposition that advancements in technology, science, and social organization have resulted, and by extension wi ...

cargo spacecraft, which was launched in 1993 to resupply the

Mir ''Mir'' (russian: Мир, ; ) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. ''Mir'' was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to&n ...

space station.

Launch

Progress M-19 launched on 10 August 1993 from the

Baikonur Cosmodrome The Baikonur Cosmodrome ( kk, Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы, translit=Baiqoñyr ğaryş ailağy, ; russian: Космодром Байконур, translit=Kosmodrom Baykonur, ) is a spaceport in an area of southern Kazakhstan leased to R ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

. It used a

Soyuz-U The Soyuz-U launch vehicle was an improved version of the original Soyuz rocket. Soyuz-U was part of the R-7 family of rockets based on the R-7 Semyorka missile. Members of this rocket family were designed by the TsSKB design bureau and cons ...

rocket.

Docking

Progress M-19 docked with the aft port of the

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module of Mir on 13 August 1993 at 00:00:06 UTC, and was undocked on 12 October 1993 at 17:59:06.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 18 October 1993, when it was deorbited. The mission ending occurred at 00:22:14 UTC on 19 October 1993, when the VBK-Raduga 8 capsule landed.

References

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Launch

Docking

Decay

See also

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