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Progress 28
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1987-023A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.17564
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.137)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date3 March 1987, 11:14:05 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U2
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date28 March 1987, 03:01:01 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude185 km
Apogee altitude254 km
Inclination51.6°
Period88.9 minutes
Epoch3 March 1987
Docking with Mir
Docking portMir Core Module aft
Docking date5 March 1987, 12:42:36 UTC
Undocking date26 March 1987, 05:06:48 UTC
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Progress 28 (Russian: Прогресс 28) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in March 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress 28 launched on 3 March 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.

Docking

Progress 28 docked with the aft port of the Mir Core Module on 5 March 1987 at 12:42:36 UTC, and was undocked on 26 March 1987 at 05:06:48 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 28 March 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 03:01:01 UTC and the mission ended at 03:49 UTC.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 28"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
  4. "Progress 28". NASA. Retrieved 5 December 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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