Progress 32
 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
[edit]Progress 32 launched on 23 September 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]
Docking
[edit]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
[edit]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
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 32"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- ^ "Progress 32". NASA. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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