A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft | |
Mission type | Mir resupply |
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COSPAR ID | 1987-034A |
SATCAT no. | 17878 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress (No.127) |
Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 21 April 1987, 15:14:17 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 11 May 1987, 07:51:16 UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 189 km |
Apogee altitude | 237 km |
Inclination | 51.6° |
Period | 88.8 minutes |
Epoch | 21 April 1987 |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Kvant-1 aft |
Docking date | 21 April 1987, 15:14:17 UTC |
Undocking date | 11 May 1987, 03:10:01 UTC |
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Progress 29 (Russian: Прогресс 29) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.
Launch
Progress 29 launched on 21 April 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.
Docking
Progress 29 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 21 April 1987 at 15:14:17 UTC, and was undocked on 11 May 1987 at 03:10:01 UTC.
Decay
It remained in orbit until 11 May 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 07:51:16 UTC and the mission ended at 08:28 UTC.
See also
References
- ^ "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 29"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- "Progress 29". NASA. Retrieved 5 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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