Progress M-35 (Russian: Прогресс M-35) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in July 1997 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress M-35
A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1997-033A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.24851[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.235)
Spacecraft typeProgress-M[2]
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date5 July 1997, 04:11:54 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date7 October 1997, 16:41 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude188 km[3]
Apogee altitude248 km[3]
Inclination51.6°[3]
Period88.6 minutes[3]
Epoch5 July 1997
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 aft[3]
Docking date7 July 1997, 05:59:24 UTC
Undocking date6 August 1997, 11:46:45 UTC
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 aft[3]
Docking date18 August 1997, 12:52:48 UTC
Undocking date7 October 1997, 12:03:47 UTC

Launch

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Progress M-35 launched on 5 July 1997 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][4]

Docking

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Progress M-35 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 7 July 1997 at 05:59:24 UTC, and was undocked on 6 August 1997 at 11:46:45 UTC, to make way for Soyuz TM-26.[3][5] Following a redocking of Soyuz TM-26 to the forward port of the Mir Core Module, Progress M-35 was redocked at the Kvant-1 aft port on 18 August 1997 at 12:52:48 UTC. Progress M-35 was finally undocked on 7 October 1997 at 12:03:47 UTC.[3][5]

Decay

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It remained in orbit until 7 October 1997, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 16:41 UTC, with the mission ending at 17:23 UTC.[3][5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-35"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
  4. ^ "Progress M-35". NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2020.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ a b c "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2020.