Progress M-33 (Russian: Прогресс M-33) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in November 1996 to resupply the Mir space station.
A Progress-M spacecraft
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| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1996-066A  |
| SATCAT no. | 24633[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.233) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M[2] |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 19 November 1996, 23:20:38 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 12 March 1997, 03:23:37 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 197 km[4] |
| Apogee altitude | 242 km[4] |
| Inclination | 51.7°[4] |
| Period | 88.6 minutes[4] |
| Epoch | 19 November 1996 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[4] |
| Docking date | 22 November 1996, 01:01:30 UTC |
| Undocking date | 6 February 1997, 12:13:53 UTC |
Progress M-33 launched on 19 November 1996 from the Baikonur CosmodromeinKazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][5]
Progress M-33 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 22 November 1996 at 01:01:30 UTC, and was undocked on 6 February 1997 at 12:13:53 UTC.[3][4] An unsuccessful redocking attempt was made on 4 March 1997 at 07:41 UTC.[4]
It remained in orbit until 12 March 1997, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 02:35:00 UTC, with the mission ending at 03:23:37 UTC.[3][4]
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