Engineering:Progress 32
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 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1987-082A |
| SATCAT no. | 18376[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.139) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 23 September 1987, 23:43:54 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 19 November 1987, 00:10:00 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 295 km[3] |
| Apogee altitude | 355 km[3] |
| Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
| Period | 91.0 minutes[3] |
| Epoch | 23 September 1987 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[3] |
| Docking date | 26 September 1987, 01:08:15 UTC |
| Undocking date | 10 November 1987, 04:09:10 UTC |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[3] |
| Docking date | 10 November 1987, 05:47:25 UTC |
| Undocking date | 17 November 1987, 19:24:37 UTC |
Progress 32 (Russian: Прогресс 32) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in September 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.
Launch
Progress 32 launched on 23 September 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]
Docking
Progress 32 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 26 September 1987 at 01:08:15 UTC, and was undocked on 10 November 1987 at 04:09:10 UTC. The vehicle was redocked at 05:47:25 UTC the same day and finally undocked on 17 November 1987 at 19:24:37 UTC.[3][5]
Decay
It remained in orbit until 19 November 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 00:10:00 UTC and the mission ended at 00:58 UTC.[3][5]
See also
- 1987 in spaceflight
- List of Progress missions
- List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/progress.htm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 32"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr32.sht.
- ↑ "Progress 32". NASA. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1987-082A.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Mir". Astronautix. http://www.astronautix.com/m/mir.html.
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