Progress M-31

Progress M-31
A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1996-028A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.23860
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.231)
Spacecraft typeProgress-M
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date5 May 1996, 07:04:18 UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date1 August 1996, 20:33:03 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude186 km
Apogee altitude227 km
Inclination51.6°
Period88.6 minutes
Epoch5 May 1996
Docking with Mir
Docking portMir Core Module forward
Docking date7 May 1996, 08:54:19 UTC
Undocking date1 August 1996, 16:44:54 UTC

Progress M-31 (Russian: Прогресс M-31) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1996 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-31 launched on 5 May 1996 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.

Docking

Progress M-31 docked with the forward port of the Mir Core Module on 7 May 1996 at 08:54:19 UTC, and was undocked on 1 August 1996 at 16:44:54 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 1 August 1996, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 19:44:30 UTC and the mission ended at 20:33:03 UTC.

See also

References

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