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Progress 27

Progress 27 was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in January 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.

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Progress 27
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1987-005A
SATCAT no.172991
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.135)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG2
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date16 January 1987, 06:06:23 UTC1
RocketSoyuz-U22
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date25 February 1987, 15:16:45 UTC3
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude183 km3
Apogee altitude263 km3
Inclination51.6°3
Period89.0 minutes3
Epoch16 January 1987
Docking with Mir
Docking portMir Core Module aft3
Docking date18 January 1987, 07:26:50 UTC
Undocking date23 February 1987, 11:29:01 UTC

Progress 27 (Russian: Прогресс 27) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in January 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress 27 launched on 16 January 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.24

Docking

Progress 27 docked with the aft port of the Mir Core Module on 18 January 1987 at 07:26:50 UTC, and was undocked on 23 February 1987 at 11:29:01 UTC.35

Decay

It remained in orbit until 25 February 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 15:16:45 UTC and the mission ended at 16:05 UTC.35

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References

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 27"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
  4. "Progress 27". NASA. Retrieved 5 December 2020. 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.