Progress M-29

Progress M-29
A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1995-053A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.23678
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.229)
Spacecraft typeProgress-M
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date8 October 1995, 18:50:40 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date19 December 1995, 16:15 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude197 km
Apogee altitude242 km
Inclination51.6°
Period88.6 minutes
Epoch8 October 1995
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 aft
Docking date10 October 1995, 20:32:40 UTC
Undocking date19 December 1995, 09:15:05 UTC

Progress M-29 (Russian: Прогресс M-29) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in October 1995 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-29 launched on 8 October 1995 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.

Docking

Progress M-29 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 10 October 1995 at 20:32:40 UTC, and was undocked on 19 December 1995 at 09:15:05 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 19 December 1995, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 15:26 UTC and the mission ended at 16:15 UTC.

See also

References

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