Progress 33
Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft
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Progress 33 (Russian: Прогресс 33) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in November 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1987-094A |
| SATCAT no. | 18568[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.140) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 20 November 1987, 23:47:12 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 19 December 1987, 12:56:00 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 326 km[3] |
| Apogee altitude | 343 km[3] |
| Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
| Period | 91.2 minutes[3] |
| Epoch | 20 November 1987 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[3] |
| Docking date | 23 November 1987, 01:39:13 UTC |
| Undocking date | 19 December 1987, 08:15:46 UTC |
Launch
Progress 33 launched on 20 November 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]
