Progress 30 (Russian: Прогресс 30) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress 30
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1987-044A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.17999[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.128)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG[2]
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date19 May 1987, 04:02:10 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U2[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date19 July 1987, 05:00:00 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude341 km[3]
Apogee altitude365 km[3]
Inclination51.6°[3]
Period91.6 minutes[3]
Epoch19 May 1987
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 aft[3]
Docking date21 May 1987, 05:50:38 UTC
Undocking date19 July 1987, 00:19:51 UTC
 

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]

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References edit

  1. ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Progress 30". NASA. Retrieved 6 December 2020.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ a b "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.