Progress 14

{{Short description|Soviet unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft}}

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{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Progress 14

| image = Progress drawing.svg

| image_caption = A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft

| mission_type = Salyut 7 resupply

| COSPAR_ID = 1982-070A

| SATCAT = 13361{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt|title=Launchlog|work=Jonathan's Space Report|access-date=5 December 2020}}

| spacecraft = Progress (No.117)

| spacecraft_type = Progress 7K-TG{{cite web|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/progress.htm|title=Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)|work=Gunter's Space Page|access-date=5 December 2020}}

| manufacturer = NPO Energia

| launch_date = 10 July 1982, 09:57:44 UTC

| launch_rocket = Soyuz-U

| launch_site = Baikonur, Site 1/5

| docking =

{{Infobox spaceflight/Dock

| docking_target = Salyut 7

| docking_type = dock

| docking_port = Aft{{cite web|url=http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr14.sht|title=Cargo spacecraft "Progress 14"|work=Manned Astronautics figures and facts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013000601/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr14.sht|archive-date=13 October 2007}}

| docking_date = 12 July 1982, 11:41 UTC

| undocking_date = 10 August 1982, 22:11 UTC

}}

| disposal_type = Deorbited

| decay_date = 13 August 1982, 01:29 UTC

| orbit_epoch = 10 July 1982

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Low Earth

| orbit_periapsis = 301 km

| orbit_apoapsis = 325 km

| orbit_inclination = 51.6°

| orbit_period = 90.7 minutes

| apsis = gee

| programme = Progress (spacecraft)

| previous_mission = Progress 13

| next_mission = Progress 15

}}

Progress 14 ({{Langx|ru|Прогресс 14|italic=yes}}) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in July 1982 to resupply the Salyut 7 space station.

Spacecraft

Progress 14 was a Progress 7K-TG spacecraft. The 14th of forty three to be launched, it had the serial number 117.{{cite web|url=http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/progress.htm |title=Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)|first=Gunter|last=Krebs|work=Gunter's Space Page|access-date=26 November 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt |title=Launch Log|last=McDowell|first=Jonathan|work=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=26 November 2010}} The Progress 7K-TG spacecraft was the first generation Progress, derived from the Soyuz 7K-T and intended for uncrewed logistics missions to space stations in support of the Salyut programme. On some missions the spacecraft were also used to adjust the orbit of the space station.

The Progress spacecraft had a dry mass of {{convert|6520|kg}}, which increased to around {{convert|7020|kg}} when fully fuelled. It measured {{convert|7.48|m}} in length, and {{convert|2.72|m}} in diameter. Each spacecraft could accommodate up to {{convert|2500|kg}} of payload, consisting of dry cargo and propellant. The spacecraft were powered by chemical batteries, and could operate in free flight for up to three days, remaining docked to the station for up to thirty.{{cite book|last1=Hall|first1=Rex D.|last2=Shayler|first2=David J.|title=Soyuz: A Universal Spacecraft|year=2003 |publisher=Springer-Praxis|isbn=1-85233-657-9|pages=239–250}}

Launch

Progress 14 launched on 10 July 1982 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1982-070A|title=Progress 14|work=NASA|access-date=5 December 2020}} {{PD-notice}}

Docking

Progress 14 docked with the aft port of Salyut 7 on 12 July 1982 at 11:41 UTC, and was undocked on 10 August 1982 at 22:11 UTC.{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/s/salyut7.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211020040/http://www.astronautix.com/s/salyut7.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 December 2016|title=Salyut 7|work=Astronautix|access-date=5 December 2020}}

Decay

It remained in orbit until 13 August 1982, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 01:29 UTC, with the mission ending at around 02:15 UTC.

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