Progress 27 (Russian: Прогресс 27) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in January 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress 27
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1987-005A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.17299[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.135)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG[2]
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date16 January 1987, 06:06:23 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U2[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date25 February 1987, 15:16:45 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude183 km[3]
Apogee altitude263 km[3]
Inclination51.6°[3]
Period89.0 minutes[3]
Epoch16 January 1987
Docking with Mir
Docking portMir Core Module aft[3]
Docking date18 January 1987, 07:26:50 UTC
Undocking date23 February 1987, 11:29:01 UTC

Launch

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Progress 27 launched on 16 January 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]

Docking

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Progress 27 docked with the aft port of the Mir Core Module on 18 January 1987 at 07:26:50 UTC, and was undocked on 23 February 1987 at 11:29:01 UTC.[3][5]

Decay

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It remained in orbit until 25 February 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 15:16:45 UTC and the mission ended at 16:05 UTC.[3][5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 27"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
  4. ^ "Progress 27". NASA. Retrieved 5 December 2020.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ a b "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.