Progress M-30
A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1995-070A
SATCAT no.23744[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.230)
Spacecraft typeProgress-M[2]
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date18 December 1995, 14:31:35 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date22 February 1996, 11:02:36 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude194 km[4]
Apogee altitude316 km[4]
Inclination51.6°[4]
Period89.6 minutes[4]
Epoch18 December 1995
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 aft[4]
Docking date20 December 1995, 16:10:15 UTC
Undocking date22 February 1996, 07:24:00 UTC
 

Progress M-30 (Russian: Прогресс M-30) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in December 1995 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress M-30 launched on 8 December 1995 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][5]

Docking

Progress M-30 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 20 December 1995 at 16:10:15 UTC, and was undocked on 22 February 1996 at 07:24:00 UTC.[3][4]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 22 February 1996, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 11:02:36 UTC.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Progress-M 1 - 13, 15 - 37, 39 - 67 (11F615A55, 7KTGM)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-30"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
  5. "Progress M-30". NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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