Progress 33
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 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 |
Progress 33 (Russian: Прогресс 33) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in November 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.
Progress 33 launched on 20 November 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]
