Progress M-25 Explained

Progress M-25
Mission Type:Mir resupply
Cospar Id:1994-075A
Satcat:23348[1]
Spacecraft:Progress (No.225)
Spacecraft Type:Progress-M[2]
Manufacturer:RKK Energia
Launch Date:11 November 1994, 07:21:58 UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-U
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 1/5
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Port:Kvant-1 aft[3]
Docking Date:13 November 1994, 09:04:29 UTC
Undocking Date:16 February 1995, 13:03:00 UTC
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:16 February 1995, 16:45 UTC[4]
Orbit Epoch:11 November 1994
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:184 km
Orbit Apoapsis:238 km
Orbit Inclination:51.6°
Orbit Period:88.7 minutes
Apsis:gee
Programme:Progress (spacecraft)
Previous Mission:Progress M-24
Next Mission:Progress M-26

Progress M-25 was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in November 1994 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-25 launched on 11 November 1994 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[5]

Docking

Progress M-25 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 13 November 1994 at 09:04:29 UTC, and was undocked on 16 February 1995 at 13:03:00 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 16 February 1995, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 16:06:00 UTC and the mission ended at 16:45 UTC.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Launchlog. Jonathan's Space Report. 2 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM). Gunter's Space Page. 2 December 2020.
  3. Web site: Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-25". Manned Astronautics figures and facts . https://web.archive.org/web/20071009100902/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm25.sht. 9 October 2007.
  4. Web site: Mir. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820173204/http://www.astronautix.com/m/mir.html. dead. 20 August 2016. Astronautix. 2 December 2020.
  5. Web site: Progress M-25. NASA. 2 December 2020.