Progress M-33

Progress M-33
A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1996-066A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.24633
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.233)
Spacecraft typeProgress-M
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date19 November 1996, 23:20:38 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date12 March 1997, 03:23:37 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude197 km
Apogee altitude242 km
Inclination51.7°
Period88.6 minutes
Epoch19 November 1996
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 aft
Docking date22 November 1996, 01:01:30 UTC
Undocking date6 February 1997, 12:13:53 UTC

Progress M-33 (Russian: Прогресс M-33) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in November 1996 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-33 launched on 19 November 1996 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.

Docking

Progress M-33 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 22 November 1996 at 01:01:30 UTC, and was undocked on 6 February 1997 at 12:13:53 UTC. An unsuccessful redocking attempt was made on 4 March 1997 at 07:41 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 12 March 1997, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 02:35:00 UTC, with the mission ending at 03:23:37 UTC.

See also

References

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