Mission type | Mir resupply |
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COSPAR ID | 1996-028A |
SATCAT no. | 23860[1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress (No.231) |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M[2] |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 5 May 1996, 07:04:18 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-U[2] |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 1 August 1996, 20:33:03 UTC[3] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 186 km[4] |
Apogee altitude | 227 km[4] |
Inclination | 51.6°[4] |
Period | 88.6 minutes[4] |
Epoch | 5 May 1996 |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Mir Core Module forward[4] |
Docking date | 7 May 1996, 08:54:19 UTC |
Undocking date | 1 August 1996, 16:44:54 UTC |
Progress M-31 (Russian: Прогресс M-31) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1996 to resupply the Mir space station.
Progress M-31 launched on 5 May 1996 from the Baikonur CosmodromeinKazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][5]
Progress M-31 docked with the forward port of the Mir Core Module on 7 May 1996 at 08:54:19 UTC, and was undocked on 1 August 1996 at 16:44:54 UTC.[3][4]
It remained in orbit until 1 August 1996, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 19:44:30 UTC and the mission ended at 20:33:03 UTC.[3][4]
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