Progress 31

Progress 31
A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft
Mission typeMir resupply
COSPAR ID1987-066A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.18283[1]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftProgress (No.138)
Spacecraft typeProgress 7K-TG[2]
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Start of mission
Launch date3 August 1987, 20:44:11 UTC[1]
RocketSoyuz-U2[2]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
DisposalDeorbited
Decay date23 September 1987, 00:22:00 UTC[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude187 km[3]
Apogee altitude250 km[3]
Inclination51.6°[3]
Period88.9 minutes[3]
Epoch3 August 1987
Docking with Mir
Docking portKvant-1 aft[3]
Docking date5 August 1987, 22:27:35 UTC
Undocking date21 September 1987, 23:57:41 UTC
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Progress 31 (Russian: Прогресс 31) was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft, which was launched in August 1987 to resupply the Mir space station.

Launch

Progress 31 launched on 3 August 1987 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.[2][4]

Docking

Progress 31 docked with the aft port of the Kvant-1 module of Mir on 5 August 1987 at 22:27:35 UTC, and was undocked on 21 September 1987 at 23:57:41 UTC.[3][5]

Decay

It remained in orbit until 23 September 1987, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 00:22:00 UTC and the mission ended at 01:02 UTC.[3][5]

See also

  • Spaceflight portal

References

  1. ^ a b "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Cargo spacecraft "Progress 31"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
  4. ^ "Progress 31". NASA. Retrieved 6 December 2020. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ a b "Mir". Astronautix. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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Orbital launches in 1987
January
  • Meteor-2 No.17
  • Kosmos 1811
  • Kosmos 1812
  • Kosmos 1813
  • Progress 27
  • Kosmos 1814
  • Kosmos 1815
  • Molniya-3 No.42
  • Kosmos 1816
  • Kosmos 1817
February
March
  • Progress 28
  • Kosmos 1825
  • Kosmos 1826
  • Kosmos 1827, Kosmos 1828, Kosmos 1829, Kosmos 1830, Kosmos 1831, Kosmos 1832
  • Kosmos 1833
  • Gran' No.31L
  • Palapa B2P
  • SROSS-A
  • FLTSATCOM-6
  • Kvant-1
April
  • Kosmos 1834
  • Kosmos 1835
  • Kosmos 1836
  • Progress 29
  • Kosmos 1837
  • Kosmos 1838, Kosmos 1839, Kosmos 1840
  • Kosmos 1841
  • Kosmos 1842
May
  • Kosmos 1843
  • Gorizont No.23L
  • Kosmos 1844
  • Kosmos 1845
  • USA-22, LIPS-3, USA-23, USA-24, USA-25
  • Polyus
  • Progress 30
  • Kosmos 1846
  • Kosmos 1847
  • Kosmos 1848
June
  • Kosmos 1849
  • Kosmos 1850
  • Kosmos 1851
  • Kosmos 1852, Kosmos 1853, Kosmos 1854, Kosmos 1855, Kosmos 1856, Kosmos 1857, Kosmos 1858, Kosmos 1859
  • Resurs-F1 No.105
  • Kosmos 1860
  • USA-26
  • Kosmos 1861
July
  • Kosmos 1862
  • Kosmos 1863
  • Kosmos 1864
  • Kosmos 1865
  • Kosmos 1866
  • Kosmos 1867
  • Kosmos 1868
  • Kosmos 1869
  • Soyuz TM-3
  • Kosmos 1870
August
  • Kosmos 1871
  • Progress 31
  • Fanhui Shi Weixing 10
  • Meteor-2 No.21
  • Kosmos 1872
  • Kiku No.5
  • Kosmos 1873
September
  • Kosmos 1874
  • Ekran No.29L
  • Kosmos 1875, Kosmos 1876, Kosmos 1877, Kosmos 1878, Kosmos 1879, Kosmos 1880
  • Fanhui Shi Weixing I-01
  • Kosmos 1881
  • Kosmos 1882
  • Aussat A3, ECS-4
  • Kosmos 1883, Kosmos 1884, Kosmos 1885
  • Transit-O 27, Transit-O 29
  • Kosmos 1886
  • Progress 32
  • Kosmos 1887
October
  • Kosmos 1888
  • Kosmos 1889
  • Kosmos 1890
  • Kosmos 1891
  • Kosmos 1892
  • Kosmos 1893
  • USA-27
  • Kosmos 1894
November
December
  • Kosmos 1898
  • Kosmos 1899
  • Gran' No.32L
  • Kosmos 1900
  • Kosmos 1901
  • Kosmos 1902
  • Soyuz TM-4
  • Kosmos 1903
  • Kosmos 1904
  • Kosmos 1905
  • Kosmos 1906
  • Ekran-M No.13L
  • Kosmos 1907
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