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Progress 33

Progress 33 was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in November 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.

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Progress 33
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1987-094A
SATCAT no.185681
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.140)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG2
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date20 November 1987, 23:47:12 UTC1
RocketSoyuz-U22
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date19 December 1987, 12:56:00 UTC3
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude326 km3
Apogee altitude343 km3
Inclination51.6°3
Period91.2 minutes3
Epoch20 November 1987
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 aft3
Docking date23 November 1987, 01:39:13 UTC
Undocking date19 December 1987, 08:15:46 UTC

Progress 33 (Russian: Прогресс 33) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in November 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress 33 launched on 20 November 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.24

Docking

Progress 33 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 23 November 1987 at 01:39:13 UTC, and was undocked on 19 December 1987 at 08:15:46 UTC.35

Decay

It remained in orbit until 19 December 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 12:56:00 UTC and the mission ended at 13:37 UTC.35

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  3. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 33"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
  4. "Progress 33". NASA. Retrieved 6 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 6 December 2020.