Progress 27 (Russian: Прогресс 27) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in January 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.
![]() A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft | |
Mission type | Mir resupply |
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COSPAR ID | 1987-005A |
SATCAT no. | 17299[1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Progress (No.135) |
Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 16 January 1987, 06:06:23 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-U2[2] |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Decay date | 25 February 1987, 15:16:45 UTC[3] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 183 km[3] |
Apogee altitude | 263 km[3] |
Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
Period | 89.0 minutes[3] |
Epoch | 16 January 1987 |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Mir Core Module aft[3] |
Docking date | 18 January 1987, 07:26:50 UTC |
Undocking date | 23 February 1987, 11:29:01 UTC |
Launch
editProgress 27 launched on 16 January 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]
Docking
editProgress 27 docked with the aft port of the Mir Core Module on 18 January 1987 at 07:26:50 UTC, and was undocked on 23 February 1987 at 11:29:01 UTC.[3][5]
Decay
editIt remained in orbit until 25 February 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 15:16:45 UTC and the mission ended at 16:05 UTC.[3][5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 27"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
- ^ "Progress 27". NASA. Retrieved 5 December 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2020.