Progress M-13 (Russian: Прогресс М-13) was a Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1992 to resupply the Mir space station.[2] The thirty-first of sixty four Progress spacecraft to visit Mir, it used the Progress-M 11F615A55 configuration,[3] and had the serial number 214.[4] It carried supplies including food, water and oxygen for the EO-11 crew aboard Mir, as well as equipment for conducting scientific research, and fuel for adjusting the station's orbit and performing manoeuvres.
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1992-035A |
| SATCAT no. | 22004 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M 11F615A55 |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,250 kilograms (15,980 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 30 June 1992, 16:43:13 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
| Launch site | Baikonur Site 31/6 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 24 July 1992, 08:03:35 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 387 kilometres (240 mi)[1] |
| Apogee altitude | 410 kilometres (250 mi)[1] |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Core Forward |
| Docking date | 4 July 1992, 12:38 UTC |
| Undocking date | 24 July 1992, 04:14:00 UTC |
| Time docked | 19 days |
Progress M-13 was launched at 16:43:13 GMT on 30 June 1992, atop a Soyuz-U2 carrier rocket flying from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.[4] Following four days of free flight, it docked with the Forward port of Mir's core module at 12:38 GMT on 4 July.[5] An earlier docking attempt on 2 July had been unsuccessful.[6] During the 19 days for which Progress M-13 was docked, Mir was in an orbit of around 387 by 410 kilometres (209 by 221 nmi), inclined at 51.6 degrees.[1] Progress M-13 undocked from Mir at 04:14:00 GMT on 24 July to make way for Soyuz TM-15, and was deorbited few hours later, to a destructive reentry over the Pacific Ocean at around 08:03:35.[1][5]
