Progress M-29

Progress M-29 (Russian: Прогресс M-29) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in October 1995 to resupply the Mir space station.

Progress M-29
A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1995-053A
SATCAT no.23678[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.229)
Spacecraft typeProgress-M[2]
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date8 October 1995, 18:50:40 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date19 December 1995, 16:15 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude197 km[4]
Apogee altitude242 km[4]
Inclination51.6°[4]
Period88.6 minutes[4]
Epoch8 October 1995
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 aft[4]
Docking date10 October 1995, 20:32:40 UTC
Undocking date19 December 1995, 09:15:05 UTC
 

Launch

Progress M-29 launched on 8 October 1995 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][5]

Docking

Progress M-29 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 10 October 1995 at 20:32:40 UTC, and was undocked on 19 December 1995 at 09:15:05 UTC.[3][4]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 19 December 1995, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 15:26 UTC and the mission ended at 16:15 UTC.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. "Mir". Astronautix. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  4. "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-29"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
  5. "Progress M-29". NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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