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.
 A Progress-M spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1995-070A |
| SATCAT no. | 23744[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.230) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M[2] |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 18 December 1995, 14:31:35 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 22 February 1996, 11:02:36 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 194 km[4] |
| Apogee altitude | 316 km[4] |
| Inclination | 51.6°[4] |
| Period | 89.6 minutes[4] |
| Epoch | 18 December 1995 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[4] |
| Docking date | 20 December 1995, 16:10:15 UTC |
| Undocking date | 22 February 1996, 07:24:00 UTC |
Launch
editProgress M-30 launched on 8 December 1995 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][5]
Docking
editProgress 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.[3][4]
Decay
editIt remained in orbit until 22 February 1996, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 11:02:36 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-30"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- ^ "Progress M-30". NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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