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Progress M-33

Progress M-33

A Progress-M spacecraft
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
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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.

Launch[edit]

Progress M-33 launched on 19 November 1996 from the Baikonur CosmodromeinKazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.^[2][5]

Docking[edit]

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]

Decay[edit]

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]

See also[edit]

• 1996 in spaceflight
• List of Progress missions
• List of uncrewed spaceflights to Mir

References[edit]

^ "Progress M-33". NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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