Progress M-25 (Russian: Прогресс M-25) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in November 1994 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress M-25
A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1994-075A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.23348[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.225)
Spacecraft typeProgress-M[2]
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date11 November 1994, 07:21:58 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date16 February 1995, 16:45 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude184 km[4]
Apogee altitude238 km[4]
Inclination51.6°[4]
Period88.7 minutes[4]
Epoch11 November 1994
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 aft[4]
Docking date13 November 1994, 09:04:29 UTC
Undocking date16 February 1995, 13:03:00 UTC

Launch

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Progress M-25 launched on 11 November 1994 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][5]

Docking

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Progress M-25 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 13 November 1994 at 09:04:29 UTC, and was undocked on 16 February 1995 at 13:03:00 UTC.[3][4]

Decay

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It remained in orbit until 16 February 1995, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 16:06:00 UTC and the mission ended at 16:45 UTC.[3][4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-25"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
  5. ^ "Progress M-25". NASA. Retrieved 2 December 2020.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.