Progress 28

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Progress 28
File:Progress drawing.svg
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1987-023A
SATCAT no.17564[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.137)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG[2]
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date3 March 1987, 11:14:05 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U2[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date28 March 1987, 03:01:01 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude185 km[3]
Apogee altitude254 km[3]
Inclination51.6°[3]
Period88.9 minutes[3]
Epoch3 March 1987
Docking with Mir
Docking portMir Core Module aft[3]
Docking date5 March 1987, 12:42:36 UTC
Undocking date26 March 1987, 05:06:48 UTC

Progress 28 (Russian: Прогресс 28) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in March 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress 28 launched on 3 March 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]

Docking

Progress 28 docked with the aft port of the Mir Core Module on 5 March 1987 at 12:42:36 UTC, and was undocked on 26 March 1987 at 05:06:48 UTC.[3][5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 28 March 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 03:01:01 UTC and the mission ended at 03:49 UTC.[3][5]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 28"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
  4. "Progress 28". NASA. Retrieved 5 December 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.