Progress 19

Progress 19 (Russian: Прогресс 19) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in February 1984 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.

Progress 19

A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission type	Salyut 7 resupply
COSPAR ID	1984-018A
SATCAT no.	14757[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.120)
Spacecraft type	Progress 7K-TG[2]
Manufacturer	NPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	21 February 1984, 06:46:05 UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-U[2]
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 31/6
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	1 April 1984, 18:18 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	186 km[3]
Apogee altitude	245 km[3]
Inclination	51.6°[3]
Period	88.8 minutes[3]
Epoch	21 February 1984
Docking with Salyut 7
Docking port	Aft[3]
Docking date	23 February 1984, 08:21 UTC
Undocking date	31 March 1984, 09:40 UTC
Progress (spacecraft)

Launch

Progress 19 launched on 21 February 1984 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][4]

Docking

Progress 19 docked with the aft port of Salyut 7 on 23 February 1984 at 08:21 UTC, and was undocked on 31 March 1984 at 09:40 UTC.[3][5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 1 April 1984, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 18:18 UTC, with the mission ending at around 19:05 UTC.[3][5]

See also

• 1984 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Salyut space stations

References

1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
2. "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
3. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 19"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007.
4. "Progress 19". NASA. Retrieved 6 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
5. "Salyut 7". Astronautix. Retrieved 6 December 2020.