Progress M-28 (Russian: Прогресс M-28) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in July 1995 to resupply the Mir space station.
 A Progress-M spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1995-036A |
| SATCAT no. | 23617[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.228) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M[2] |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 20 July 1995, 03:04:41 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 4 September 1995, 08:58:55 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 191 km[4] |
| Apogee altitude | 239 km[4] |
| Inclination | 51.6°[4] |
| Period | 88.5 minutes[4] |
| Epoch | 20 July 1995 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Mir Core Module forward[4] |
| Docking date | 22 July 1995, 05:39:37 UTC |
| Undocking date | 4 September 1995, 05:09:53 UTC |
Launch edit
Progress M-28 launched on 20 July 1995 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][5]
Docking edit
Progress M-28 docked with the forward port of the Mir Core Module on 22 July 1995 at 05:39:37 UTC, and was undocked on 4 September 1995 at 05:09:53 UTC.[3][4]
Decay edit
It remained in orbit until 4 September 1995, when it was deorbited. The mission ended at 08:58:55 UTC.[3][4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-28"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- ^ "Progress M-28". NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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