Progress M-30

Progress M-30
A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1995-070A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.23744
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.230)
Spacecraft typeProgress-M
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date18 December 1995, 14:31:35 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date22 February 1996, 11:02:36 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude194 km
Apogee altitude316 km
Inclination51.6°
Period89.6 minutes
Epoch18 December 1995
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 aft
Docking date20 December 1995, 16:10:15 UTC
Undocking date22 February 1996, 07:24:00 UTC

Progress M-30 (Russian: Прогресс M-30) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in December 1995 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-30 launched on 8 December 1995 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.

Docking

Progress M-30 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 20 December 1995 at 16:10:15 UTC, and was undocked on 22 February 1996 at 07:24:00 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 22 February 1996, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 11:02:36 UTC.

See also

References

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