| Progress 28 | |||||||||
| Mission Type: | Mir resupply | ||||||||
| Cospar Id: | 1987-023A | ||||||||
| Satcat: | 17564[1] | ||||||||
| Spacecraft: | Progress (No.137) | ||||||||
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress 7K-TG[2] | ||||||||
| Manufacturer: | NPO Energia | ||||||||
| Launch Date: | 3 March 1987, 11:14:05 UTC | ||||||||
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U2 | ||||||||
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, Site 1/5 | ||||||||
| Docking: |
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| Disposal Type: | Deorbited | ||||||||
| Decay Date: | 28 March 1987, 03:01:01 UTC | ||||||||
| Orbit Epoch: | 3 March 1987 | ||||||||
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric | ||||||||
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth | ||||||||
| Orbit Periapsis: | 185 km | ||||||||
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 254 km | ||||||||
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.6° | ||||||||
| Orbit Period: | 88.9 minutes | ||||||||
| Apsis: | gee | ||||||||
| Programme: | Progress (spacecraft) | ||||||||
| Previous Mission: | Progress 27 | ||||||||
| Next Mission: | Progress 29 | ||||||||
Progress 28 was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in March 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.
Progress 28 launched on 3 March 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[4]
Progress 28 docked with the aft port of the Mir Core Module on 5 March 1987 at 12:42:36 UTC, and was undocked on 26 March 1987 at 05:06:48 UTC.[5]
It remained in orbit until 28 March 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 03:01:01 UTC and the mission ended at 03:49 UTC.