Progress 30
 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1987-044A |
| SATCAT no. | 17999[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.128) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 19 May 1987, 04:02:10 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 19 July 1987, 05:00:00 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 341 km[3] |
| Apogee altitude | 365 km[3] |
| Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
| Period | 91.6 minutes[3] |
| Epoch | 19 May 1987 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[3] |
| Docking date | 21 May 1987, 05:50:38 UTC |
| Undocking date | 19 July 1987, 00:19:51 UTC |
Progress 30 (Russian: Прогресс 30) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.
Launch
[edit]Progress 30 launched on 19 May 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]
Docking
[edit]Progress 30 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 21 May 1987 at 05:50:38 UTC, and was undocked on 19 July 1987 at 00:19:51 UTC.[3][5]
Decay
[edit]It remained in orbit until 19 July 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 05:00:00 UTC and the mission ended at 05:42 UTC.[3][5]
See also
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References
[edit]- 1 2 "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- 1 2 3 "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 30"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- ↑ "Progress 30". NASA. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - 1 2 "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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