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
Progress 30 launched on 19 May 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]
Docking
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
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
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 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.
- ^ a b "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.