Mission type | Mir resupply |
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COSPAR ID | 1995-036A |
SATCAT no. | 23617 [1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress (No.228) |
Spacecraft type | Progress-M [2] |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 20 July 1995, 03:04:41 UTC [1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-U [2] |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 4 September 1995, 08:58:55 UTC [3] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 191 km [4] |
Apogee altitude | 239 km [4] |
Inclination | 51.6° [4] |
Period | 88.5 minutes [4] |
Epoch | 20 July 1995 |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Mir Core Module forward [4] |
Docking date | 22 July 1995, 05:39:37 UTC |
Undocking date | 4 September 1995, 05:09:53 UTC |
Progress M-28 ( Russian: Прогресс M-28) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in July 1995 to resupply the Mir space station.
Progress M-28 launched on 20 July 1995 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket. [2] [5]
Progress M-28 docked with the forward port of the Mir Core Module on 22 July 1995 at 05:39:37 UTC, and was undocked on 4 September 1995 at 05:09:53 UTC. [3] [4]
It remained in orbit until 4 September 1995, when it was deorbited. The mission ended at 08:58:55 UTC. [3] [4]