Progress 32 Explained

Progress 32
Mission Type:Mir resupply
Cospar Id:1987-082A
Satcat:18376[1]
Spacecraft:Progress (No.139)
Spacecraft Type:Progress 7K-TG[2]
Manufacturer:NPO Energia
Launch Date:23 September 1987, 23:43:54 UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-U2
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 1/5
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Port:Kvant-1 aft[3]
Docking Date:26 September 1987, 01:08:15 UTC
Undocking Date:10 November 1987, 04:09:10 UTC
Docking Target:Mir
Docking Type:dock
Docking Port:Kvant-1 aft
Docking Date:10 November 1987, 05:47:25 UTC
Undocking Date:17 November 1987, 19:24:37 UTC
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:19 November 1987, 00:10:00 UTC
Orbit Epoch:23 September 1987
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:295 km
Orbit Apoapsis:355 km
Orbit Inclination:51.6°
Orbit Period:91.0 minutes
Apsis:gee
Programme:Progress (spacecraft)
Previous Mission:Progress 31
Next Mission:Progress 33

Progress 32 was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in September 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress 32 launched on 23 September 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[4]

Docking

Progress 32 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 26 September 1987 at 01:08:15 UTC, and was undocked on 10 November 1987 at 04:09:10 UTC. The vehicle was redocked at 05:47:25 UTC the same day and finally undocked on 17 November 1987 at 19:24:37 UTC.[5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 19 November 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 00:10:00 UTC and the mission ended at 00:58 UTC.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Launchlog. Jonathan's Space Report. 6 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG). Gunter's Space Page. 6 December 2020.
  3. Web site: Cargo spacecraft "Progress 32". Manned Astronautics figures and facts . https://web.archive.org/web/20071009100624/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/pr32.sht. 9 October 2007.
  4. Web site: Progress 32. NASA. 6 December 2020.
  5. Web site: Mir. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820173204/http://www.astronautix.com/m/mir.html. dead. 20 August 2016. Astronautix. 6 December 2020.