Progress M-27 (Russian: Прогресс M-27) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in April 1995 to resupply the Mir space station.
 A Progress-M spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1995-020A |
| SATCAT no. | 23555[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.227) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M[2] |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 9 April 1995, 19:34:12 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 23 May 1995, 03:27:12 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 187 km[4] |
| Apogee altitude | 221 km[4] |
| Inclination | 51.7°[4] |
| Period | 88.6 minutes[4] |
| Epoch | 9 April 1995 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Mir Core Module forward[4] |
| Docking date | 11 April 1995, 21:00:44 UTC |
| Undocking date | 22 May 1995, 23:42:37 UTC |
Launch
editProgress M-27 launched on 9 April 1995 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][5]
Docking
editProgress M-27 docked with the forward port of the Mir Core Module on 11 April 1995 at 21:00:44 UTC, and was undocked on 22 May 1995 at 23:42:37 UTC.[3][4]
Decay
editIt remained in orbit until 23 May 1995, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 02:40:15 UTC and the mission ended at 03:27:52 UTC.[3][4]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-27"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- ^ "Progress M-27". NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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