Progress M-29

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Progress M-29
File:Progress-M drawing.svg
A Progress-M spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1995-053A
SATCAT no.23678[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.229)
Spacecraft typeProgress-M[2]
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Start of mission
Launch date8 October 1995, 18:50:40 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date19 December 1995, 16:15 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude197 km[4]
Apogee altitude242 km[4]
Inclination51.6°[4]
Period88.6 minutes[4]
Epoch8 October 1995
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 aft[4]
Docking date10 October 1995, 20:32:40 UTC
Undocking date19 December 1995, 09:15:05 UTC

Progress M-29 (Russian: Прогресс M-29) was a Russian unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in October 1995 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

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Progress M-29 launched on 8 October 1995 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It used a Soyuz-U rocket.[2][5]

Docking

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Progress M-29 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 10 October 1995 at 20:32:40 UTC, and was undocked on 19 December 1995 at 09:15:05 UTC.[3][4]

Decay

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It remained in orbit until 19 December 1995, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 15:26 UTC and the mission ended at 16:15 UTC.[3][4]

See also

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References

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