Progress M-35 Explained

Progress M-35
Mission Type:	Mir resupply
Cospar Id:	1997-033A
Satcat:	24851^[1]
Spacecraft:	Progress (No.235)
Spacecraft Type:	Progress-M^[2]
Manufacturer:	RKK Energia
Launch Date:	5 July 1997, 04:11:54 UTC
Launch Rocket:	Soyuz-U
Launch Site:	Baikonur, Site 1/5
Docking:	Docking Type: dock Docking Port: Kvant-1 aft^[3] Docking Date: 7 July 1997, 05:59:24 UTC Undocking Date: 6 August 1997, 11:46:45 UTC Docking Target: Mir Docking Type: dock Docking Port: Kvant-1 aft Docking Date: 18 August 1997, 12:52:48 UTC Undocking Date: 7 October 1997, 12:03:47 UTC
Disposal Type:	Deorbited
Decay Date:	7 October 1997, 16:41 UTC
Orbit Epoch:	5 July 1997
Orbit Reference:	Geocentric
Orbit Regime:	Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:	188 km
Orbit Apoapsis:	248 km
Orbit Inclination:	51.6°
Orbit Period:	88.6 minutes
Apsis:	gee
Programme:	Progress (spacecraft)
Previous Mission:	Progress M-34
Next Mission:	Progress M-36

Progress M-35 was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in July 1997 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-35 launched on 5 July 1997 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.^[4]

Docking

Progress M-35 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 7 July 1997 at 05:59:24 UTC, and was undocked on 6 August 1997 at 11:46:45 UTC, to make way for Soyuz TM-26.^[5] Following a redocking of Soyuz TM-26 to the forward port of the Mir Core Module, Progress M-35 was redocked at the Kvant-1 aft port on 18 August 1997 at 12:52:48 UTC. Progress M-35 was finally undocked on 7 October 1997 at 12:03:47 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 7 October 1997, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 16:41 UTC, with the mission ending at 17:23 UTC.

See also

• 1997 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-35". Manned Astronautics figures and facts . https://web.archive.org/web/20071009100744/http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/cargoes/prm35.sht. 9 October 2007.
4. Web site: Progress M-35. 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.