Progress M-33

Progress M-33

A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission type	Mir resupply
COSPAR ID	1996-066A
SATCAT no.	246331
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Progress (No.233)
Spacecraft type	Progress-M2
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date	19 November 1996, 23:20:38 UTC1
Rocket	Soyuz-U2
Launch site	Baikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Disposal	Deorbited
Decay date	12 March 1997, 03:23:37 UTC3
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	197 km4
Apogee altitude	242 km4
Inclination	51.7°4
Period	88.6 minutes4
Epoch	19 November 1996
Docking with Mir
Docking port	Kvant-1 aft4
Docking date	22 November 1996, 01:01:30 UTC
Undocking date	6 February 1997, 12:13:53 UTC
Progress (spacecraft)

Progress M-33 (Russian: Прогресс M-33) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in November 1996 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress M-33 launched on 19 November 1996 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.²⁵

Progress M-33 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 22 November 1996 at 01:01:30 UTC, and was undocked on 6 February 1997 at 12:13:53 UTC.³⁴ An unsuccessful redocking attempt was made on 4 March 1997 at 07:41 UTC.⁴

It remained in orbit until 12 March 1997, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 02:35:00 UTC, with the mission ending at 03:23:37 UTC.³⁴