Progress M-29 Explained

Progress M-29
Mission Type:Mir resupply
Cospar Id:1995-053A
Satcat:23678[1]
Spacecraft:Progress (No.229)
Spacecraft Type:Progress-M[2]
Manufacturer:RKK Energia
Launch Date:8 October 1995, 18:50:40 UTC
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-U
Launch Site:Baikonur, Site 1/5
Docking:
Docking Type:dock
Docking Port:Kvant-1 aft[3]
Docking Date:10 October 1995, 20:32:40 UTC
Undocking Date:19 December 1995, 09:15:05 UTC
Disposal Type:Deorbited
Decay Date:19 December 1995, 16:15 UTC[4]
Orbit Epoch:8 October 1995
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:197 km
Orbit Apoapsis:242 km
Orbit Inclination:51.6°
Orbit Period:88.6 minutes
Apsis:gee
Programme:Progress (spacecraft)
Previous Mission:Progress M-28
Next Mission:Progress M-30

Progress M-29 was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in October 1995 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-29 launched on 8 October 1995 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[5]

Docking

Progress M-29 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 10 October 1995 at 20:32:40 UTC, and was undocked on 19 December 1995 at 09:15:05 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 19 December 1995, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 15:26 UTC and the mission ended at 16:15 UTC.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Launchlog. Jonathan's Space Report. 3 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM). Gunter's Space Page. 3 December 2020.
  3. Web site: Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-29". Manned Astronautics figures and facts . https://web.archive.org/web/20071009101529/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm29.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. 3 December 2020.
  5. Web site: Progress M-29. NASA. 3 December 2020.