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Progress-M 9 | August 20-September 30, 1991 | |
Launched without incident during the coup d’etat against Mikhail Gorbachev’s government. Returned Raduga capsule. |
Progress-M 10 | October 17, 1991-January 20, 1992 | |
Docking was delayed 2 days from October 19 by a rendezvous software problem. Docking occurred October 21. Returned Raduga capsule. |
Progress-M 11 | January 25-March 13, 1992 | |
Returned Raduga capsule. |
Progress-M 12 | April 19-June 27, 1992 |
Progress-M 13 | June 30-July 24, 1992 | |
Docking was delayed by 2 days because of a rendezvous software problem. Docking occurred on July 4. |
Progress-M 14 | August 15, 1992-October 21, 1992 | |
Featured a modified tanker compartment supporting a framework for the VDU thruster unit. Returned Raduga capsule. |
Progress-M 15 | October 27, 1992-February 7, 1993 | |
Deployed Znamya (“banner”), a prototype solar reflector, from its cargo compartment after undocking in February. The solar reflector was then cast off, and Progress-M 15 was put through a series of maneuvers controlled by the cosmonauts inside Mir. A similar telerobotics control experiment used Progress-M 16. See also Progress-M 24. |
Progress-M 16 | February 21-March 27, 1993 |
Progress-M 17 | March 31, 1993-March 3, 1994 | |
The Raduga capsule launched in Progress-M 17 was transferred to Progress-M 18. Progress-M 17 remained in orbit after undocking from Mir on September 13, 1993. Its reentry point and trajectory were unprecedented in the Progress series, leading some to speculate that it had experienced an unplanned contingency. Reentry occurred off the southeast coast of South America. |
Progress-M 18 | May 22-July 4, 1993 | |
Returned Progress-M 17’s Raduga capsule to Earth. |
Progress-M 19 | August 10-October 13, 1993 | |
Returned Raduga capsule. |