Progress M-28

Progress M-28
A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1995-036A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.23617
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.228)
Spacecraft typeProgress-M
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date20 July 1995, 03:04:41 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date4 September 1995, 08:58:55 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude191 km
Apogee altitude239 km
Inclination51.6°
Period88.5 minutes
Epoch20 July 1995
Docking with Mir
Docking portMir Core Module forward
Docking date22 July 1995, 05:39:37 UTC
Undocking date4 September 1995, 05:09:53 UTC

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.

Launch

Progress M-28 launched on 20 July 1995 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.

Docking

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.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 4 September 1995, when it was deorbited. The mission ended at 08:58:55 UTC.

See also

References

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