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Progress M-15 (Russian: Прогресс М-15) was a Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1992 to resupply the Mir space station.cite-ref-nssdc-2-0[2] The thirty-third of sixty-four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it used the Progress-M 11F615A55 configuration,cite-ref-gsp-3-0[3] and had the serial number 215.cite-ref-jsr-ll-4-0[4] It carried supplies including food, water and oxygen for the EO-12 crew aboard Mir, as well as equipment for conducting scientific research, and fuel for adjusting the station's orbit and performing manoeuvres. It also transported the Mak 2 satellite, which was deployed from Mir on 20 November. TORU manual docking system was first tested in this mission.

Progress M-15 was launched at 17:19:41 GMT on 27 October 1992, atop a Soyuz-U2 carrier rocket flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.cite-ref-jsr-ll-4-1[4] Following two days of free flight, it docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module at 17:19:41 GMT on 29 October.cite-ref-skn-5-0[5]cite-ref-ea-6-0[6]

During the 97 days for which Progress M-15 was docked, Mir was in an orbit of around 396 by 399 kilometres (214 by 215 nmi), inclined at 51.6 degrees.cite-ref-jsr-sc-1-2[1] Progress M-15 undocked from Mir at 00:44:53 GMT on 4 February 1993, however it remained in orbit to conduct the Znamya 2 experiment, and research into autonomous flight.cite-ref-ea-6-1[6] It was deorbited on 7 February, and burned up during reentry over the Pacific Ocean at around 08:03:35 GMT.cite-ref-jsr-sc-1-3[1]cite-ref-skn-5-1[5]

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• References

• 1992 in spaceflight

• 1993 in spaceflight

• List of Progress flights

• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir

cite-note-jsr-sc-11. citerefmcdowellMcDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-08-31.

cite-note-nssdc-22. ↑ "Progress M-15". NSSDC Master Catalog. US National Space Science Data Center. Retrieved 2009-08-31.

cite-note-gsp-33. ↑ citerefkrebsKrebs, Gunter. "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-08-31.

cite-note-jsr-ll-44. ↑ citerefmcdowellMcDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-08-31.

cite-note-skn-55. ↑ citerefanikeevAnikeev, Alexander. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-15"". Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts. Archived from the original on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2009-08-31.

cite-note-ea-66. ↑ citerefwadeWade, Mark. "Progress M". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2009-08-31.