A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft | |
Mission type | Mir resupply |
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COSPAR ID | 1987-066A |
SATCAT no. | 18283 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress (No.138) |
Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 3 August 1987, 20:44:11 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 23 September 1987, 00:22:00 UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 187 km |
Apogee altitude | 250 km |
Inclination | 51.6° |
Period | 88.9 minutes |
Epoch | 3 August 1987 |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Kvant-1 aft |
Docking date | 5 August 1987, 22:27:35 UTC |
Undocking date | 21 September 1987, 23:57:41 UTC |
Progress (spacecraft)← Progress 30Progress 32 → |
Progress 31 (Russian: Прогресс 31) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in August 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.
Launch
Progress 31 launched on 3 August 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.
Docking
Progress 31 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 5 August 1987 at 22:27:35 UTC, and was undocked on 21 September 1987 at 23:57:41 UTC.
Decay
It remained in orbit until 23 September 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 00:22:00 UTC and the mission ended at 01:02 UTC.
See also
References
- ^ "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 31"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- "Progress 31". NASA. Retrieved 6 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 6 December 2020.
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