Progress M-32 Explained

Progress M-32
Mission Type:	Mir resupply
Cospar Id:	1996-043A
Satcat:	24071^[1]
Spacecraft:	Progress (No.232)
Spacecraft Type:	Progress-M^[2]
Manufacturer:	RKK Energia
Launch Date:	31 July 1996, 20:00:06 UTC
Launch Rocket:	Soyuz-U
Launch Site:	Baikonur, Site 1/5
Docking:	Docking Type: dock Docking Port: Mir Core Module forward^[3] Docking Date: 2 August 1996, 22:03:40 UTC Undocking Date: 18 August 1996, 09:33:45 UTC Docking Type: dock Docking Port: Kvant-1 aft Docking Date: 3 September 1996, 09:35:00 UTC Undocking Date: 20 November 1996, 19:51:20 UTC
Disposal Type:	Deorbited
Decay Date:	20 November 1996, 22:42:25 UTC
Orbit Epoch:	31 July 1996
Orbit Reference:	Geocentric
Orbit Regime:	Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:	186 km
Orbit Apoapsis:	229 km
Orbit Inclination:	51.6°
Orbit Period:	88.6 minutes
Apsis:	gee
Programme:	Progress (spacecraft)
Previous Mission:	Progress M-31
Next Mission:	Progress M-33

Progress M-32 was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in July 1996 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-32 launched on 31 July 1996 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.^[4] The launch was postponed several times, primarily following problems with quality control during Soyuz-U production.^[5]

Docking

Progress M-32 docked with the forward port of the Mir Core Module on 2 August 1996 at 22:03:40 UTC, and was undocked on 18 August 1996 at 09:33:45 UTC to make way for Soyuz TM-24. On 3 September 1996 at 09:35:00 UTC, Progress M-32 was redocked at the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir, following the departure of Soyuz TM-23. Progress M-32 was finally undocked on 20 November 1996 at 19:51:20 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 20 November 1996, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 22:42:25 UTC.

See also

• 1996 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir

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-32". Manned Astronautics figures and facts . https://web.archive.org/web/20071009101236/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm32.sht. 9 October 2007.
4. Web site: Progress M-32. NASA. 3 December 2020.
5. Web site: Mir. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820173204/http://www.astronautix.com/m/mir.html. dead. 20 August 2016. Astronautix. 3 December 2020.