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Progress 34

Progress 34 was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in January 1988 to resupply the Mir space station.

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Progress 34
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1988-003A
SATCAT no.187951
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.142)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG2
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date20 January 1988, 22:51:54 UTC1
RocketSoyuz-U22
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date4 March 1988, 06:45:00 UTC3
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude329 km3
Apogee altitude347 km3
Inclination51.6°3
Period91.3 minutes3
Epoch20 January 1988
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 aft3
Docking date23 January 1988, 00:09:09 UTC
Undocking date4 March 1988, 03:40:09 UTC

Progress 34 (Russian: Прогресс 34) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in January 1988 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress 34 launched on 20 January 1988 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.24

Docking

Progress 34 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 23 January 1988 at 00:09:09 UTC, and was undocked on 4 March 1988 at 03:40:09 UTC.35

Decay

It remained in orbit until 4 March 1988, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 06:45:00 UTC and the mission ended at 07:29:30 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 34"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
  4. "Progress 34". 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.