Progress 33
 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1987-094A |
| SATCAT no. | 18568[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.140) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 20 November 1987, 23:47:12 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 19 December 1987, 12:56:00 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 326 km[3] |
| Apogee altitude | 343 km[3] |
| Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
| Period | 91.2 minutes[3] |
| Epoch | 20 November 1987 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[3] |
| Docking date | 23 November 1987, 01:39:13 UTC |
| Undocking date | 19 December 1987, 08:15:46 UTC |
Progress 33 (Russian: Прогресс 33) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in November 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.
Launch
Progress 33 launched on 20 November 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]
Docking
Progress 33 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 23 November 1987 at 01:39:13 UTC, and was undocked on 19 December 1987 at 08:15:46 UTC.[3][5]
Decay
It remained in orbit until 19 December 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 12:56:00 UTC and the mission ended at 13:37 UTC.[3][5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 33"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- ^ "Progress 33". NASA. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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- ^ a b "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.