Progress 34
Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft
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Progress 34 (Russian: Прогресс 34) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in January 1988 to resupply the Mir space station.
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1988-003A |
| SATCAT no. | 18795[1] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress (No.142) |
| Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG[2] |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 20 January 1988, 22:51:54 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2[2] |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 4 March 1988, 06:45:00 UTC[3] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 329 km[3] |
| Apogee altitude | 347 km[3] |
| Inclination | 51.6°[3] |
| Period | 91.3 minutes[3] |
| Epoch | 20 January 1988 |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Kvant-1 aft[3] |
| Docking date | 23 January 1988, 00:09:09 UTC |
| Undocking date | 4 March 1988, 03:40:09 UTC |
Launch
Progress 34 launched on 20 January 1988 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]
